SEC Petition Evaluation Report

Petition SEC-00236

Report Rev Number: 0

Report Submittal Date: April 5, 2017

Subject Expert(s): Pat McCloskey

Site Expert(s): None

Petition Administrative Summary

Petition Under Evaluation

Petition Number: SEC-00236

Petition Type: 83.13

Petition Receipt Date: September 1, 2016

Qualification Date: November 14, 2016

DOE/AWE Facility Name: Metals and Controls Corp.

Petition Class

Petitioner-Requested Class 

Definition:

All facilities construction and maintenance workers including lubricators/oilers, 

industrial pipefitters, engineering technicians (mechanical, electrical, structural), 

maintenance supervisors, electricians, plumbers, millwrights, carpenters, 

instrumentation technicians, chemical handlers, waste treatment operators, and all 

production workers, including machine operators/helpers and repair & 

maintenance (commonly called R&M) workers, who worked in Buildings 4, 5, 10 

interior areas, and Buildings 5, 10, 11, 12, 17 exterior areas at Metals and Controls 

Corp. in Attleboro, Massachusetts, from January 1, 1968 through March 21, 1997.

Class Evaluated by NIOSH: All atomic weapons employees who worked as facilities construction and 

maintenance workers, including lubricators/oilers, industrial pipefitters, 

engineering technicians (mechanical, electrical, structural), maintenance 

supervisors, electricians, plumbers, millwrights, carpenters, instrumentation 

technicians, chemical handlers, waste treatment operators, and all production 

workers, including machine operators/helpers and repair & maintenance 

(commonly called R&M) workers, who worked in Buildings 4, 5, 10 interior 

areas, and Buildings 5, 10, 11, 12, 17 exterior areas at Metals and Controls Corp. 

in Attleboro, Massachusetts, from January 1, 1968 through March 21, 1997.

NIOSH-Proposed Class to be Added 

to the SEC:

None

Related Petition Summary Information

SEC Petition Tracking Number(s): SEC-00149

Petition Type: 83.14

DOE/AWE Facility Name: Metals and Controls Corp.

Petition Status: Class added to the SEC for January 1, 1952 through December 31, 1967

Related Evaluation Report Information

Report Title: SEC Petition Evaluation Report for Petition SEC-00149

DOE/AWE Facility Name: Metals and Controls Corp.

ORAU Preparation and Review

ORAU Lead Technical Evaluator: Pat McCloskey

ORAU Peer Review Completed By: Daniel Stempfley
SEC-00236 04-05-2017 Metals and Controls Corp. 

2 of 47 

DCAS Review and Approval

Peer Review Completed By:

[Signature on File]

Peter A. Darnell 

April 5, 2017

SEC Petition Evaluation Reviewed 

By: [Signature on File]

James W. Neton

April 5, 2017

SEC Petition Evaluation Reviewed 

By: [Signature on File]

Stuart L. Hinnefeld 

April 5, 2017
SEC-00236 04-05-2017 Metals and Controls Corp.

3 of 47

Evaluation Report Summary: SEC-00236, Metals and Controls Corp.

The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) prepared this evaluation report in 

response to a petition to add a class of workers at Metals and Controls Corp. (often referred to as 

M&C throughout this report) to the Special Exposure Cohort (SEC). The Energy Employees 

Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000, as amended, (EEOICPA) and 42 C.F.R. pt. 

83, Procedures for Designating Classes of Employees as Members of the Special Exposure Cohort 

under the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000, describe the 

process for adding new classes to the SEC.

Petitioner-Requested Class Definition

NIOSH received petition SEC-00236 on September 1, 2016, and qualified it on November 14, 2016. 

The petitioner requested that NIOSH consider the following class: All facilities construction and 

maintenance workers including lubricators/oilers, industrial pipefitters, engineering technicians 

(mechanical, electrical, structural), maintenance supervisors, electricians, plumbers, millwrights, 

carpenters, instrumentation technicians, chemical handlers, waste treatment operators, and all 

production workers, including machine operators/helpers and repair & maintenance (commonly 

called R&M) workers, who worked in Buildings 4, 5, 10 interior areas, and Buildings 5, 10, 11, 12, 17 

exterior areas at Metals and Controls Corp. in Attleboro, Massachusetts, from January 1, 1968 

through March 21, 1997.

Class Evaluated by NIOSH

Based on its preliminary research, NIOSH accepted the petitioner-requested class. NIOSH evaluated 

the following class: All atomic weapons employees who worked as facilities construction and 

maintenance workers, including lubricators/oilers, industrial pipefitters, engineering technicians 

(mechanical, electrical, structural), maintenance supervisors, electricians, plumbers, millwrights, 

carpenters, instrumentation technicians, chemical handlers, waste treatment operators, and all 

production workers, including machine operators/helpers and repair & maintenance (commonly called 

R&M) workers, who worked in Buildings 4, 5, 10 interior areas, and Buildings 5, 10, 11, 12, 17 

exterior areas at Metals and Controls Corp. in Attleboro, Massachusetts, from January 1, 1968 through 

March 21, 1997.

NIOSH Determination about the Proposed Class to be added to the SEC

NIOSH has obtained personal and area monitoring records from the end of the operational period and 

prior to the beginning of the residual radiation period being evaluated in this report, and when coupled 

with radiological data in the residual period, the data can be used by NIOSH to develop bounding 

dose assessments for the entire residual radiation period. Based on its analysis of these available 

resources, NIOSH found no part of the class under evaluation for which it cannot estimate radiation 

doses with sufficient accuracy.

Feasibility of Dose Reconstruction

Per EEOICPA and 42 C.F.R. § 83.13(c) (1), NIOSH has established that it has access to sufficient 

information to: (1) estimate the maximum radiation dose, for every type of cancer for which radiation 

doses are reconstructed, that could have been incurred in plausible circumstances by any member of 

the class; or (2) estimate radiation doses of members of the class more precisely than an estimate of 
SEC-00236 04-05-2017 Metals and Controls Corp.

4 of 47

the maximum dose. Information available from the site profile and additional resources is sufficient 

to estimate the maximum internal and external potential exposure to members of the evaluated class 

under plausible circumstances during the specified period.

The NIOSH dose reconstruction feasibility findings are based on the following:

• NIOSH finds that it is not applicable to reconstruct medical X-ray dose for Metals and Controls 

Corp. during the period under evaluation because medical X-ray is not a covered occupational 

radiation exposure during a residual radiation period.

• Principal sources of internal and external radiation for members of the evaluated class included 

exposures to residual uranium and thorium. Metals and Controls Corp. performed operations 

involving uranium and thorium for nuclear weapons production during the facility’s operational

period. During the residual radiation period, sources of covered occupational exposures to 

members of the evaluated class were the residual uranium and thorium materials.

• NIOSH has obtained personal and area monitoring data from the end of the operational period and 

prior to the beginning of the residual radiation period and intends to use this data, coupled with 

data obtained during the residual radiation period, to bound internal dose for the residual radiation 

period. The methodology incorporates resuspension and source depletion assessments to provide 

inhalation and ingestion sources that are used to bound internal dose.

• NIOSH intends to use the external monitoring data from the end of the operational period, coupled 

with the external dose reconstruction methodologies from Battelle-TBD-6000, to support 

bounding external dose for the residual radiation period.

• Based on its analysis of the available data resources for Metals and Controls Corp., NIOSH found 

no part of the class under evaluation for which it cannot estimate radiation doses with sufficient 

accuracy.

• Pursuant to 42 C.F.R. § 83.13(c) (1), NIOSH determined that there is sufficient information to 

either: (1) estimate the maximum radiation dose, for every type of cancer for which radiation 

doses are reconstructed, that could have been incurred under plausible circumstances by any 

member of the class; or (2) estimate the radiation doses of members of the class more precisely 

than a maximum dose estimate.

Health Endangerment Determination

Per EEOICPA and 42 C.F.R. § 83.13(c) (3), a health endangerment determination is not required

because NIOSH has determined that it has sufficient information to estimate dose for the members of 

the evaluated class.
SEC-00236 04-05-2017 Metals and Controls Corp.

5 of 47

Table of Contents

Evaluation Report Summary: SEC-00236, Metals and Controls Corp. .................................................. 3

Table of Contents .................................................................................................................................... 5

1.0 Purpose and Scope.......................................................................................................................... 7

2.0 Introduction .................................................................................................................................... 7

3.0 SEC-00236, Metals and Controls Corp. Class Definitions ............................................................ 8

3.1 Petitioner-Requested Class Definition and Basis.................................................................. 8

3.2 Class Evaluated by NIOSH ................................................................................................. 10

3.3 NIOSH Determination about the Proposed Class to be Added to the SEC......................... 10

4.0 Data Sources Reviewed by NIOSH to Evaluate the Class........................................................... 11

4.1 Site Profile Technical Basis Documents (TBDs)................................................................ 11

4.2 ORAU Technical Information Bulletins (OTIBs) and Procedures ..................................... 11

4.3 Facility Employees and Experts.......................................................................................... 12

4.4 Previous Dose Reconstructions........................................................................................... 12

4.5 NIOSH Site Research Database .......................................................................................... 13

4.6 Documentation and/or Affidavits Provided by Petitioners ................................................. 13

5.0 Radiological Operations Relevant to the Class Evaluated by NIOSH......................................... 14

5.1 Metals and Controls Corp. Plant and Process Descriptions Impacting the Residual 

Radiation Period .................................................................................................................. 14

5.2 Radiological Exposure Sources at Metals and Controls Corp. During the Residual 

Radiation Period .................................................................................................................. 20

5.2.1 Internal Radiological Exposure Sources at Metals and Controls Corp. During the 

Residual Radiation Period ....................................................................................... 20

5.2.1.1 Uranium.................................................................................................... 20

5.2.1.2 Thorium.................................................................................................... 21

5.2.1.3 Radium ..................................................................................................... 22

5.2.2 External Radiological Exposure Sources at Metals and Controls Corp. During the 

Residual Radiation Period ....................................................................................... 22

5.2.2.1 Photon....................................................................................................... 22

5.2.2.2 Beta........................................................................................................... 23

5.2.2.3 Neutron ..................................................................................................... 23

6.0 Summary of Available Monitoring Data for the Class Evaluated by NIOSH ............................. 23

6.1 Available Metals and Controls Corp. Internal Monitoring Data......................................... 23

6.2 Available Metals and Controls Corp. External Monitoring Data........................................ 24

7.0 Feasibility of Dose Reconstruction for the Class Evaluated by NIOSH...................................... 25

7.1 Pedigree of Metals and Controls Corp. Data....................................................................... 26

7.1.1 Internal Monitoring Data Pedigree Review............................................................. 26

7.1.2 External Monitoring Data Pedigree Review............................................................ 26

7.2 Evaluation of Bounding Internal Radiation Doses at Metals and Controls Corp................ 26

7.2.1 Evaluation of Bounding Residual Period Internal Doses........................................ 27

7.2.2 Methods for Bounding Residual Internal Dose at Metals and Controls Corp......... 27

7.2.3 Internal Dose Reconstruction Feasibility Conclusion ............................................. 30

7.3 Evaluation of Bounding External Radiation Doses at Metals and Controls Corp. ............. 30

7.3.1 Evaluation of Bounding Residual Period External Doses....................................... 30

7.3.2 Metals and Controls Corp. Occupational X-ray Examinations............................... 30

7.3.3 Methods for Bounding Residual External Dose at Metals and Controls Corp........ 31

7.3.4 External Dose Reconstruction Feasibility Conclusion............................................ 32
SEC-00236 04-05-2017 Metals and Controls Corp.

6 of 47

7.4 Evaluation of Petition Basis for SEC-00236....................................................................... 32

7.4.1 Unmonitored Exposures.......................................................................................... 32

7.4.2 Thorium Exposures ................................................................................................. 32

7.5 Other Potential SEC Petition Issues Identified During the Evaluation ............................... 32

7.5.1 Thorium Internal Monitoring Data.......................................................................... 32

7.5.2 D&D Activities........................................................................................................ 32

7.6 Summary of Feasibility Findings for Petition SEC-00236.................................................. 33

8.0 Evaluation of Health Endangerment for Petition SEC-00236...................................................... 33

9.0 Class Conclusion for Petition SEC-00236 ................................................................................... 34

10.0 References .................................................................................................................................... 35

Attachment One: Data Capture Synopsis.............................................................................................. 41

Tables

Table 4-1: No. of M&C Claims Submitted Under the Dose Reconstruction Rule ............................... 12

Table 7-1: Intake Rates for Production Employees............................................................................... 28

Table 7-2: Intake Rates for Non-production/Administrative Employees.............................................. 29

Table 7-3: Summary of Feasibility Findings for SEC-00236 ............................................................... 33

Table A1-1: Summary of Holdings in the SRDB for Metals and Controls Corp.................................. 41

Table A1-2: Database Searches for Metals and Controls Corp............................................................. 46

Figures

Figure 5-1: Metals and Controls Corp. Diagram Showing 22 Buildings.............................................. 15

Figure 5-2: Diagram of Clad and Unclad Fuel-Manufacturing Areas .................................................. 16
SEC-00236 04-05-2017 Metals and Controls Corp.

7 of 47

SEC Petition Evaluation Report for SEC-00236

ATTRIBUTION AND ANNOTATION: This is a single-author document. All conclusions drawn from 

the data presented in this evaluation were made by the ORAU Team Lead Technical Evaluator: Pat 

McCloskey, Oak Ridge Associated Universities (ORAU). The rationales for all conclusions in this 

document are explained in the associated text.

1.0 Purpose and Scope

This report evaluates the feasibility of reconstructing radiation doses for all atomic weapons 

employees who worked as facilities construction and maintenance workers, including 

lubricators/oilers, industrial pipefitters, engineering technicians (mechanical, electrical, structural), 

maintenance supervisors, electricians, plumbers, millwrights, carpenters, instrumentation technicians, 

chemical handlers, waste treatment operators, and all production workers, including machine 

operators/helpers and repair & maintenance (commonly called R&M) workers, who worked in 

Buildings 4, 5, 10 interior areas, and Buildings 5, 10, 11, 12, 17 exterior areas at Metals and Controls 

Corp. in Attleboro, Massachusetts, from January 1, 1968 through March 21, 1997. It provides 

information and analyses germane to considering a petition for adding a class of employees to the 

congressionally-created SEC.

This report does not make any determinations concerning the feasibility of dose reconstruction that 

necessarily apply to any individual energy employee who might require a dose reconstruction from 

NIOSH. This report also does not contain the final determination as to whether the proposed class 

will be added to the SEC (see Section 2.0).

This evaluation was conducted in accordance with the requirements of EEOICPA, 42 C.F.R. pt. 83,

and the guidance contained in the Division of Compensation Analysis and Support’s (DCAS) Internal 

Procedures for the Evaluation of Special Exposure Cohort Petitions, DCAS-PR-004.1

2.0 Introduction

Both EEOICPA and 42 C.F.R. pt. 83 require NIOSH to evaluate qualified petitions requesting that the 

Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) add a class of employees to the SEC. The 

evaluation is intended to provide a fair, science-based determination of whether it is feasible to 

estimate with sufficient accuracy the radiation doses of the class of employees through NIOSH dose 

reconstructions.

2

42 C.F.R. § 83.13(c)(1) states: Radiation doses can be estimated with sufficient accuracy if NIOSH 

has established that it has access to sufficient information to estimate the maximum radiation dose, 

for every type of cancer for which radiation doses are reconstructed, that could have been incurred in 

plausible circumstances by any member of the class, or if NIOSH has established that it has access to 

 

1 DCAS was formerly known as the Office of Compensation Analysis and Support (OCAS).

2 NIOSH dose reconstructions under EEOICPA are performed using the methods promulgated under 42 C.F.R. pt. 82 and 

the detailed implementation guidelines available on the NIOSH Radiation Dose Reconstruction Program webpage. 
SEC-00236 04-05-2017 Metals and Controls Corp.

8 of 47

sufficient information to estimate the radiation doses of members of the class more precisely than an 

estimate of the maximum radiation dose.

Under 42 C.F.R. § 83.13(c)(3), if it is feasible to estimate with sufficient accuracy radiation doses for 

members of the class, then NIOSH must determine that there is a reasonable likelihood that such 

radiation doses may have endangered the health of members of the class. The regulation requires 

NIOSH to assume that any duration of unprotected exposure may have endangered the health of 

members of a class when it has been established that the class may have been exposed to radiation 

during a discrete incident likely to have involved levels of exposure similarly high to those occurring 

during nuclear criticality incidents. If the occurrence of such an exceptionally high-level exposure has 

not been established, then NIOSH is required to specify that health was endangered for those 

employees who were employed for at least 250 aggregated work days within the parameters 

established for the class or in combination with work days within the parameters established for one 

or more other SEC classes.

NIOSH is required to document its evaluation in a report, and to do so, relies upon both its own dose 

reconstruction expertise as well as technical support from its contractor, Oak Ridge Associated 

Universities (ORAU). Once completed, NIOSH provides the report to both the petitioner(s) and the 

Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health (Advisory Board). The Advisory Board will 

consider the NIOSH evaluation report, together with the petition, petitioner(s) comments, and other 

information the Advisory Board considers appropriate, in order to make recommendations to the 

Secretary of DHHS on whether or not to add one or more classes of employees to the SEC. Once 

NIOSH has received and considered the advice of the Advisory Board, the Director of NIOSH will 

propose a decision on behalf of DHHS. The Secretary of DHHS will make the final decision, taking 

into account the NIOSH evaluation, the advice of the Advisory Board, and the proposed decision 

issued by NIOSH. As part of this decision process, petitioners may seek a review of certain types of 

final decisions issued by the Secretary of DHHS.

3

3.0 SEC-00236, Metals and Controls Corp. Class Definitions

The following subsections address the evolution of the class definition for SEC-00236, Metals and 

Controls Corp. When a petition is submitted, the requested-class definition is reviewed as submitted. 

Based on its review of the available site information and data, NIOSH will make a determination

whether to qualify for full evaluation all, some, or no part of the petitioner-requested class. If some 

portion of the petitioner-requested class is qualified, NIOSH will specify that class along with a 

justification for any modification of the petitioner’s class. After a full evaluation of the qualified 

class, NIOSH will determine whether to propose a class for addition to the SEC and will specify that 

proposed class definition.

3.1 Petitioner-Requested Class Definition and Basis

NIOSH received petition SEC-00236 on September 1, 2016, and it qualified on November 14, 2016. 

The petitioner requested that NIOSH consider the following class: All facilities construction and 

 

3 See 42 C.F.R. pt. 83 for a full description of the procedures summarized here. Additional internal procedures are 

available on the NIOSH Radiation Dose Reconstruction Program webpage.
SEC-00236 04-05-2017 Metals and Controls Corp.

9 of 47

maintenance workers including lubricators/oilers, industrial pipefitters, engineering technicians 

(mechanical, electrical, structural), maintenance supervisors, electricians, plumbers, millwrights, 

carpenters, instrumentation technicians, chemical handlers, waste treatment operators, and all 

production workers, including machine operators/helpers and repair & maintenance (commonly 

called R&M) workers, who worked in Buildings 4, 5, 10 interior areas, and Buildings 5, 10, 11, 12, 17 

exterior areas at Metals and Controls Corp. in Attleboro, Massachusetts, from January 1, 1968 

through March 21, 1997.

The petitioner provided information and affidavit statements in support of the petitioner’s belief that 

accurate dose reconstruction over time is impossible for the M&C employees in question. NIOSH 

deemed the following affidavit statements, regarding a lack of radiological monitoring and controls,

sufficient to qualify SEC-00236 for evaluation:

• In reference to Affidavit No. 1’s attached documents, an affidavit statement indicated that the 

residual radioactivity described within the attached documents was not fully identified until the 

comprehensive characterization surveys, as part of what was called the Nuclear Decommissioning 

Project (ca. 1992–1997) to terminate SNM License No. 23 and to release the TI-M&C Attleboro 

site for “Unrestricted Use” as defined under Option 1 of the 1986 USNRC Branch Technical 

Position (DSA Ref ID: 127266, PDF p. 2).

• Affidavit No. 1 included a statement that all the final termination and characterization surveys 

focused almost entirely on uranium, at the exclusion of any other radionuclides (DSA Ref ID: 

127266, PDF p. 2).

• Regarding concern about thorium dose, one site expert does not ever recall any routine wholebody counting and stated that it would have only been used in an emergency-type situation (DSA 

Ref ID: 127266, PDF p. 3)

• Two former employees that together were employed from 1980–2006, within the Environmental, 

Safety and Health Department at the Attleboro site, stated that none of the members of the class of 

employees evaluated in this SEC petition received any radiological monitoring, either personal 

monitoring or area monitoring (DSA Ref ID: 127266, PDF p. 14; DSA Ref ID: 127268, PDF p. 2).

• One pipefitter testified that he routinely worked ...on lines that were later classified by health 

physicists during the Nuclear Decommissioning Project as Priority 1 and Priority 2 drainage 

lines, and that we now know posed a health risk to untrained and unprotected workers, and should 

never have been disturbed without proper radiological controls and monitoring (DSA Ref ID: 

127266, PDF p. 5).

• Affidavit No. 2 indicated that during the residual period, the period covered in this report, neither 

I, nor any other members of the proposed class, were provided with any knowledge of the hazards 

to which we were exposed, nor were we provided with any radiological monitoring or controls in 

the form of personal or area monitoring (DSA Ref ID: 127267, PDF p. 2).

• Regarding a persistent lack of radiological monitoring, Affidavit No. 2 indicated that, not once 

during my entire career at the TI/M&C Attleboro site was I ever monitored, through either 

personal or area monitoring, for radiological exposure/dose (DSA Ref ID: 127267, PDF p. 7).
SEC-00236 04-05-2017 Metals and Controls Corp.

10 of 47

• Affidavit No. 3 indicated that ...there was no active or ongoing radiological monitoring program 

related to the nuclear operations and materials authorized under SNM License No. 23 (DSA Ref 

ID: 127268, PDF p. 2) and that ...employees had no radiological protection or controls to measure 

or minimize their exposures (DSA Ref ID: 127268, PDF p. 3).

• Affidavits No. 1 and No. 3 indicated that to the best of my knowledge, the only employees who 

would have been monitored for radiological exposure at the TI-M&C site during the Residual 

Period were those employees who worked in certain manufacturing areas where X-ray equipment 

was used for production quality control. That would not have included any of the members of the 

class of employees subject to this SEC Petition (DSA Ref ID: 127268, PDF p. 3; DSA Ref ID: 

127266, PDF p. 14).

Based on its Metals and Controls Corp. research and data capture efforts, NIOSH has access to some 

area and personal monitoring records for M&C employees during the period under evaluation. 

However, NIOSH also determined that personal monitoring records are not complete for the evaluated 

time period or for all radionuclides. NIOSH concluded that there is sufficient documentation to 

support the petition basis that radiation exposures and radiation doses were not adequately monitored 

at Metals and Controls Corp., either through personal monitoring or area monitoring. The information 

and statements provided by the petitioner qualified the petition for further consideration by NIOSH, 

the Advisory Board, and DHHS. The details of the petition basis are addressed in Section 7.4.

3.2 Class Evaluated by NIOSH

Based on its preliminary research, NIOSH accepted the petitioner-requested class. Therefore, NIOSH 

defined the following class for further evaluation: All atomic weapons employees who worked as 

facilities construction and maintenance workers, including lubricators/oilers, industrial pipefitters, 

engineering technicians (mechanical, electrical, structural), maintenance supervisors, electricians, 

plumbers, millwrights, carpenters, instrumentation technicians, chemical handlers, waste treatment 

operators, and all production workers, including machine operators/helpers and repair & maintenance 

(commonly called R&M) workers, who worked in Buildings 4, 5, 10 interior areas, and Buildings 5, 

10, 11, 12, 17 exterior areas at Metals and Controls Corp. in Attleboro, Massachusetts, from January 

1, 1968 through March 21, 1997.

3.3 NIOSH Determination about the Proposed Class to be Added to the SEC

NIOSH has obtained personal and area monitoring data from the end of the operational period and 

prior to the beginning of the residual radiation period. These data can be used by NIOSH to develop

bounding dose assessments for the entire residual radiation period. NIOSH has also reviewed data 

from surface contamination surveys, air monitoring, urinalysis, lung scans, personal film badges, and 

area radiation surveys that were performed during the evaluated period for M&C employees

performing commercial work and decontamination and decommissioning (D&D). These data can also 

be used for developing bounding dose assessments for the evaluated class. Based on its analysis of 

these available resources, NIOSH found no part of the class under evaluation for which it cannot 

estimate radiation doses with sufficient accuracy.
SEC-00236 04-05-2017 Metals and Controls Corp.

11 of 47

4.0 Data Sources Reviewed by NIOSH to Evaluate the Class

As is standard practice, NIOSH completed an extensive database and Internet search for information 

regarding Metals and Controls Corp. The database search included the DOE Legacy Management 

Considered Sites database, the DOE Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI) database, 

the Energy Citations database, and the Hanford Declassified Document Retrieval System. In addition 

to general Internet searches, the NIOSH Internet search included OSTI OpenNet Advanced searches, 

OSTI Information Bridge Fielded searches, Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) Agency-wide 

Documents Access and Management (ADAMS) web searches, the DOE Office of Human Radiation 

Experiments website, and the DOE-National Nuclear Security Administration-Nevada Site Officesearch. Attachment One includes a summary of Metals and Controls Corp. documents. The summary 

specifically includes data capture details and general descriptions of the documents retrieved.

In addition to the database and Internet searches listed above, NIOSH identified and reviewed 

numerous data sources to determine information relevant to determining the feasibility of dose 

reconstruction for the class of employees under evaluation. This included determining the availability 

of information on personal monitoring, area monitoring, industrial processes, and radiation source

materials. The following subsections summarize the data sources identified and reviewed by NIOSH.

4.1 Site Profile Technical Basis Documents (TBDs)

A Site Profile provides specific information concerning the documentation of historical practices 

documented at the specified site. Dose reconstructors can use the Site Profile to evaluate internal and 

external dosimetry data for monitored and unmonitored employees, and to supplement, or substitute 

for, individual monitoring data. A Site Profile consists of an Introduction and five Technical Basis 

Documents (TBDs) that provide process history information, information on personal and area 

monitoring, radiation source descriptions, and references to primary documents relevant to the 

radiological operations at the site. The Site Profile for a small site may consist of a single document. 

As part of NIOSH’s evaluation detailed herein, it examined the following TBD for insights into 

Metals and Controls Corp. operations or related topics/operations at other sites:

• Site Profiles for Atomic Weapons Employers that Worked Uranium Metals, Rev. 01; BattelleTBD-6000; effective June 17, 2011; SRDB Ref ID: 101251

4.2 ORAU Technical Information Bulletins (OTIBs) and Procedures

An ORAU Technical Information Bulletin (OTIB) is a general working document that provides 

guidance for preparing dose reconstructions at particular sites or categories of sites. An ORAU 

Procedure provides specific requirements and guidance regarding EEOICPA project-level activities, 

including preparation of dose reconstructions at particular sites or categories of sites. NIOSH 

reviewed the following OTIBs as part of its evaluation:

• OTIB: Use of Coworker Dosimetry Data for External Dose Assignment, Rev. 03; ORAUT-OTIB0020; effective November 14, 2011; SRDB Ref ID: 104029

• OTIB: Estimation of Neutron Dose Rates from Alpha-Neutron Reactions in Uranium and Thorium 

Compounds, Rev. 00; ORAUT-OTIB-0024; effective April 7, 2005; SRDB Ref ID: 19445
SEC-00236 04-05-2017 Metals and Controls Corp.

12 of 47

• OTIB: Dose Reconstruction During Residual Radioactivity Periods at Atomic Weapons Employer 

Facilities, Rev. 01; ORAUT-OTIB-0070; effective March 5, 2012; SRDB Ref ID: 108851

• OTIB: Dose Reconstruction from Occupationally Related Diagnostic X-Ray Procedures, ORAUTOTIB-0006, Rev. 04; effective June 20, 2011; SRDB Ref ID: 98147

• OTIB: Guidance on Assigning Occupational X-Ray Dose Under EEOICPA for X-Rays 

Administered Off Site, ORAUT-OTIB-0079, Rev. 01; effective March 18, 2016; SRDB Ref ID: 

152173

4.3 Facility Employees and Experts

To obtain additional information in support of its SEC-00236 evaluation, NIOSH reviewed the 

computer-assisted telephone interviews previously conducted with M&C employees that worked 

during the period from 1952 through 1997. The information from these interviews did not indicate 

any additional process information or potential exposure sources that would change NIOSH’s 

feasibility determination. Interviews for the specific purpose of supporting this SEC-00236 evaluation 

were not considered likely to produce new information or change the feasibility determination for the 

period under evaluation. Therefore, additional interviews were not conducted.

4.4 Previous Dose Reconstructions

NIOSH reviewed its NIOSH DCAS Claims Tracking System (referred to as NOCTS) to locate

EEOICPA-related dose reconstructions that might provide information relevant to the petition 

evaluation. Table 4-1 summarizes the results of this review. (NOCTS data available as of January 17, 

2017)

Table 4-1: No. of M&C Claims Submitted Under the Dose Reconstruction Rule

Description Totals

Total number of claims submitted for dose reconstruction 448

Total number of claims submitted for energy employees who worked during the period under 

evaluation (January 1, 1968 through March 21, 1997) 397

Total number of claims submitted for energy employees who started their employment during the 

period under evaluation (January 1, 1968 through March 21, 1997) 314

Number of dose reconstructions completed for energy employees who worked during the period

under evaluation (i.e., the number of such claims completed by NIOSH and submitted to the 

Department of Labor for final approval).

369

Number of claims for which internal dosimetry records were obtained for the time period in the 

evaluated class definition 1

Number of claims for which external dosimetry records were obtained for the time period in the 

evaluated class definition 4

NIOSH reviewed each claim to determine whether internal and/or external personal monitoring 

records could be obtained for the employee. Most claims did not include any monitoring records. 

However, the records that NIOSH does have available provide a large amount of information that 

NIOSH can use to characterize the Metals and Controls Corp. site for the purpose of reconstructing 

dose.
SEC-00236 04-05-2017 Metals and Controls Corp.

13 of 47

4.5 NIOSH Site Research Database

NIOSH also examined its Site Research Database (SRDB) to locate documents supporting the 

assessment of the evaluated class. There were 619 documents in this database that were identified as 

pertaining to Metals and Controls Corp. These documents were evaluated for their relevance to this 

petition. The documents include historical background on M&C operations including materials and 

process descriptions, limited personal and area monitoring records (e.g., air monitoring, urinalysis 

data, film badge results, and medical monitoring), and radiological control program descriptions.

4.6 Documentation and/or Affidavits Provided by Petitioners

In qualifying and evaluating the petition, NIOSH reviewed the following documents submitted by the 

petitioners, some of which were previously available in NIOSH’s SRDB:

• Special Exposure Cohort Petition—Form B; September 2016; DSA Ref ID: 127261

• Three Affidavits Supporting the F1 SEC Petition Basis; uploaded September 12, 2016; DSA Ref 

ID: 127266, 127267, 127268

• Supplementary Information Regarding Proposed Energy Employee Class Definition Covered by 

Petition; uploaded September 12, 2016; DSA Ref ID: 127265

• Building Interiors Remediation Drainage System Characterization; Weston, Inc.; January 1996; 

DSA Ref ID: 127269

• Remediation of Building Interiors Buildings 4, 5, and 10, includes select attachments; Weston, 

Inc.; October 1996; DSA Ref ID: 127270, 127271

• Remediation of Exterior Areas Adjacent to Buildings 11 and 12; Weston, Inc.; August 1996; DSA 

Ref ID: 127272

• Remediation of Exterior Areas Showing Various Area Grid Blocks; multiple dates throughout 

December 1995; DSA Ref ID: 127273

• Remediation of the Metals Recovery Area; CPS Environmental, Inc.; October 1996; DSA Ref ID: 

127274

• Metals Recovery Area Radiological Survey Results; author not specified; dates not specified; DSA 

Ref ID: 127275

• Remediation of the Former Radioactive Waste Burial Site; Creative Pollution Solutions, Inc.; 

September 1993; DSA Ref ID: 127276

• Removal of Texas Instruments Inc. from Site Decommissioning Management Plan, internal memo 

with attached report; L. Joseph Callan; March 13, 1997; DSA Ref ID: 127277

• Decommissioning a Former Uranium Fuel Manufacturing Facility, slide presentation regarding 

M&C Facility; Sensata Technologies, Inc.; date not specified; DSA Ref ID: 127278
SEC-00236 04-05-2017 Metals and Controls Corp.

14 of 47

• Supplementary Information Regarding SEC Petition and Lack of Monitoring, correspondence; 

[Name Redacted]; August 18, 2016; DSA Ref ID: 127279

5.0 Radiological Operations Relevant to the Class Evaluated by 

NIOSH

The following subsections summarize both AWE Facility nuclear weapons operations at Metals and 

Controls Corp. and the information available to NIOSH to characterize particular processes and 

radioactive source materials that impact this evaluation of the residual radiation period from January 

1, 1968 through March 21, 1997. From available sources NIOSH has gathered process and source 

descriptions, sufficient information regarding the identity and quantities of each radionuclide of 

concern, and information describing processes through which radiation exposures may have occurred 

and the physical environment in which they may have occurred. The information included within this 

evaluation report is intended only to be a summary of the available information.

5.1 Metals and Controls Corp. Plant and Process Descriptions Impacting the 

Residual Radiation Period

Please note that Metals and Controls Corp. became a division of Texas Instruments in 1959. For the 

purposes of the plant and process discussion in Section 5.1, both Texas Instruments and Metals and 

Controls Corp. (sometimes referred to as M&C) describe the same facility, albeit at different points in 

time.

This report evaluates M&C employee exposures during the residual radiation period from January 1, 

1968 through March 21, 1997, resulting from radioactive materials leftover from AWE Facility 

nuclear weapons operations that were performed during the covered AWE period at the site. 

However, for purposes of completeness, there will be some discussion of non-weapons related work, 

as well as decontamination and decommissioning (D&D) efforts that were performed by non-covered 

contractors, which took place during the evaluated years. From 1965 through 1981, Texas 

Instruments performed fuel fabrication for the High Flux Isotope Reactor (HFIR) at Oak Ridge 

National Laboratory and other government-owned research reactors. While this information is 

necessary for the site description and related topics, this HFIR work is considered non-weapons 

related work and therefore the radiological exposures associated with this work are not covered under 

the Energy Employee Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act (EEOICPA) radiological dose 

reconstruction process during the AWE Facility residual radiation period (DOE, 2001).

Metals and Controls Corp. is located on 100 acres in Attleboro, Massachusetts, approximately 10 

miles north of Providence, Rhode Island, and 30 miles south of Boston, Massachusetts. For the period 

evaluated by NIOSH, the M&C workforce consisted of approximately several thousand employees. 

By the 1960s, M&C had become Attleboro’s largest employer, with roughly 6,000 employees in 23 

buildings. However, by the time non-weapons related radiological operations ended in 1981, there 

were 1,100 employees. At the end of the evaluated period in 1997, the site was comprised of 18 

buildings (Callan, 1997). By 2006, there were fewer than 200 employees involved in manufacturing 

(Adams, 2016, PDF p. 4). Figure 5-1 is a 1996 diagram showing 22 buildings and their relative 

locations on the M&C site.
SEC-00236 04-05-2017 Metals and Controls Corp.

15 of 47

Source: Weston, May1996, PDF p. 8

Figure 5-1: Metals and Controls Corp. Diagram Showing 22 Buildings

Buildings 3, 4, and 10

Operations using radioactive materials during the covered AWE Facility period (1952–1967) were 

initially conducted in portions of Building 4, with very limited operations conducted in Building 3. In 

1956, M&C constructed Building 10 to house all manufacturing work that used radioactive materials. 

By 1957, all manufacturing operations involving radioactive material were moved to Building 10 

(Callan, 1997, PDF p. 4) and normally occurred during the day shift, Monday through Friday (TI, 

1979, PDF p. 12). NIOSH is aware of instances where former employees indicated that some

members of the evaluated class routinely worked overtime.

Building 10 was constructed of fabricated metal, bricks, and concrete blocks. The roof was made of

crushed stone on corrugated steel and insulation panels. An 8-foot fence with one monitored 

employee entrance protected the area. The inside of Building 10 included a Fuel Manufacturing Area 

(FMA) and the non-weapons related High Flux Isotope Reactor (HFIR) fuel-fabrication project (DOE, 

2001).

The FMA was separated into two areas by floor-to-ceiling partitions: (1) the Unclad Fuel 

Manufacturing Area (UFMA), which was dedicated to fabricating bare uranium materials and was 

considered a contaminated area, and (2) the Clad Fuel Manufacturing Area (CFMA), which handled 

only clad material and was maintained as a clean area. Figure 5-2 shows a diagram of the Unclad and 

Clad fuel-manufacturing areas. The UFMA, approximately 1,200 ft2 in size, was surrounded by the 

CFMA, approximately 14,000 ft2 in size, and was maintained at a negative pressure relative to the 

surrounding CFMA. No exposed or unclad special nuclear material (SNM) was processed in the 

CFMA (NRC, 1982, PDF p. 15; TI, May1982, PDF p. 53; Ketzlach, 1978). All unclad SNM 

processing in the UFMA was performed in dry boxes or hoods with ventilation conforming to Nuclear 
SEC-00236 04-05-2017 Metals and Controls Corp.

16 of 47

Regulatory Commission (NRC) requirements (NRC, 1982, PDF p. 15; TI, May1982). Two exhaust 

fans ventilated and removed air from the UFMA. One ventilation stack equipped with a highefficiency filter exhausted air from the press room in the UFMA at a rate of 616 ft3 per minute (cfm), 

and another stack exhausted air from the furnace area at a rate of 500 cfm (TI, 1979, PDF p. 17).

Source: Modified version of figure in CPS, 1997, PDF p. 13

Figure 5-2: Diagram of Clad and Unclad Fuel-Manufacturing Areas

A combination change room and counting room, under the supervision of health physics employees, 

served as the only point of entry between the UFMA and CFMA. Everyone entering the UFMA from 

the CFMA were required to wear shoe covers and protective clothing, all of which were removed 

upon returning to the CFMA. In addition, contamination surveys were performed on all material, 

equipment, or tools transferred from the UFMA to the CFMA (TI, May1978, PDF p. 5).

Building 5 Waste Handling and On-site Burial

Waste handling, scrap metal and residue processing, and waste acids and water treatment were 

conducted in Building 5 and outside of Building 5 in areas known as the Metals Recovery Area and 

the Stockade. A waste evaporator and an incinerator operated in Building 5 and the adjacent Metals 

Recovery Area. Scrap and waste generated in the manufacturing processes were returned to the U.S. 

government. However, some materials contaminated with low levels of radioactivity were disposed in 

an on-site burial adjacent to Building 11 (Callan, 1997, PDF p. 4).

A 1964 Texas Instruments health and safety manual states that uranium- and thorium-contaminated 

noncombustible scrap material and machinery were collected in 55-gallon steel drums and were 
SEC-00236 04-05-2017 Metals and Controls Corp.

17 of 47

disposed of through authorized agencies, or were buried on-site in compliance with 10 C.F.R. 20.304. 

Available records indicate two known burials of radioactive material: (1) contaminated ductwork in 

1958, and (2) 28.4 mCi of enriched uranium noncombustible scrap in 1961. The burial site was 

closed in 1967 (Ansari, 1994, PDF p. 12).

Decontamination and Decommissioning (D&D) Operations

In 1978, the NRC approved Texas Instruments’ general D&D plan for Building 10’s HFIR area. The 

plan was filed to comply with NRC requirements in existence at the time, specifically, Guidelines for 

Decontamination of Facilities and Equipment Prior to Release for Unrestricted Use or Termination of 

Licenses for Byproduct, Source or Special Nuclear Material (NRC, 1976). The plan included the 

following: (1) equipment, furniture, tools, and light fixture disposal, (2) hydraulic press

decontamination, (3) partition wall removal and disposal, (4) concrete floor scabbling, and (5) ceiling 

cleaning and painting. The plan also provided assurance that the health and safety of employees and 

the environment would be protected. It also specified that the Union Carbide Corporation, a prime 

contractor to DOE at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, would pay for the D&D operations (Ketzlach, 

1978; Read, 1978; TI, Jul1978).

At the end of non-weapons related fuel fabrication operations for HFIR in 1981, Texas Instruments 

submitted a technical proposal to Oak Ridge National Laboratory for D&D of the HFIR area and 

initiated D&D of the HFIR area in Building 10 (TI, May1982, PDF p. 56). The proposal included 

disposition instructions for equipment, tools, and waste, and included a flow-chart D&D plan that 

specified necessary cleaning, painting, and final release surveys (Sherman, 1981).

In May 1982, Texas Instruments requested the termination of their NRC license and release of their 

facility for unconditional use. The request was filed to comply with NRC requirements in existence at 

the time, specifically, Disposal or Onsite Storage of Residual Thorium and Uranium (Either as 

Natural Ores or Without Daughters Present) from Past Operations (NRC, 1981). In their request, the 

decontamination techniques were described to include wire brushing, chipping, cleaning remaining 

building surfaces with a steam jet and decontaminating solution (Turco #4324), and scarifying

concrete floors (TI, May1982, PDF pp. 52-57). All of the equipment, tools, etc., used for fuel 

processing were disposed at an NRC-licensed facility or removed and sent to Babcock & Wilcox in 

Lynchburg, Virginia (TI, May1982, PDF p. 53).

Texas Instruments reported to the NRC that the three areas used for AWE Facility operations 

(Buildings 3, 4, and 10) were decontaminated and decommissioned and that all radioactive materials 

were removed at the completion of D&D operations (occurring from 1955 to 1968). The largest 

Building 10 cleanup effort occurred at the end of 1958 (ASTRA, 1962, PDF p. 71). Texas 

Instruments also reported that all three areas were surveyed after each area’s respective D&D efforts 

were completed (TI, Nov1982, PDF pp. 12–13; NRC, 1983, PDF p. 7). No other AWE-related

radiological work was performed in Buildings 3, 4, or 10 again after 1968. From 1968 to 1981, the 

only radiological work that was performed at the Texas Instruments site was the non-weapons related

fuel fabrication operations for HFIR and other government-owned research reactors. Although the 

three areas were previously surveyed, Texas Instruments could not locate the survey documentation 

from 1968 for Buildings 3, 4, and 10, so in 1982, Texas Instruments resurveyed the areas used for 

AWE Facility operations and documented that the three areas had remained decontaminated during

the time since the end of AWE Facility operations (TI, Nov1982, PDF pp. 12–13; NRC, 1983, PDF p. 

7). In 1983, the NRC was satisfied that the interiors of Buildings 3, 4, and 10 were sufficiently 

decontaminated and they released Buildings 3, 4, and 10 for unrestricted use, but the NRC withheld 
SEC-00236 04-05-2017 Metals and Controls Corp.

18 of 47

license termination pending further investigations into the former radioactive waste burial site 

between Buildings 11 and 12 (Ansari, 1994, PDF p. 12; TI, 1994, PDF p. 8).

In April and May 1984, at the request of the NRC, the Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education 

(ORISE) conducted a radiological survey of portions of M&C’s outdoor areas. The results of that 

survey indicated several outdoor areas with surface and/or subsurface uranium concentrations in 

excess of the NRC’s release guidelines. Based on the results of the ORISE surveys, in the summer of 

1992, Texas Instruments contracted Creative Pollution Solutions, Inc. to initiate remediation activities. 

During the remediation of the former burial site, 63,000 ft3 of soil and debris were removed for 

disposal (CPS, 1993). The D&D contractors, including Creative Pollution Solutions, Inc., and later

Weston, Inc., followed health and safety procedures that required radiological and decontamination 

training, personal dosimetry, area and breathing-zone air monitoring, urinalysis, action limits, and 

employee contamination monitoring. Remediation was performed to comply with NRC requirements 

in existence at the time, specifically in accordance with Guidelines for Decontamination of Facilities 

and Equipment Prior to Release for Unrestricted Use or Termination of Licenses for Byproduct, 

Source or Special Nuclear Material (CPS, 1992; CPS, 1993; Weston, 1996; TI, 1994, PDF pp. 67-75). 

Texas Instruments submitted a post-excavation radiological survey report for the burial area to the 

NRC in November 1992 (CPS, no date).

A confirmatory survey conducted by ORISE in December 1992 identified some remaining 

contamination on the walls of the west side of the excavation, adjacent to the Building 11 parking lot

(the former burial site). In July 1993, further remediation of the former burial site was performed by 

Creative Pollution Solutions, Inc. Following this last remediation effort, Texas Instruments completed 

the final survey activities and backfilling operations. After this outdoor remediation, the NRC 

requested that ORISE perform a final confirmatory survey. ORISE’s December 1993 confirmatory 

survey (conducted on December 14–15, 1993) did not identify burial area residual contamination in 

excess of the NRC criteria for release for unrestricted use (Ansari, 1994, PDF p. 13).

In March 1994, Texas Instruments notified the NRC of its intent to remediate the Metals Recovery 

Area (located near Building 5 and to the northwest of Building 11) and received NRC approval to 

proceed with the remediation. Remediation activities began on April 28, 1994, were completed 

November 14, 1994, and generated 115,000 ft3 of contaminated soil for disposal (TI, 1994, PDF p. 

10).

In May 1994, the NRC provided Texas Instruments with the 1993 Guidelines for Decontamination of 

Facilities and Equipment Prior to Release for Unrestricted use or Termination of Licenses for 

Byproduct, Source or Special Nuclear Materials. Upon receiving these Guidelines, Texas Instruments 

incorporated the new criteria and used them to complete the D&D work (NRC, 1993; TI, 1994, PDF 

p. 15).

In July 1994, Texas Instruments began performing radiological-characterization surveys of the open 

land areas at the facility. After identifying additional contamination in the Metals Recovery Area, 

NRC Region I staff requested that Texas Instruments perform a comprehensive radiological survey of 

all potentially affected areas on the site. These comprehensive radiological surveys, performed in 

1994 and 1995, and discussions with long-term employees led to the identification of additional areas 

of contaminated soil, primarily in the Stockade and Building 12 south lawn areas. Residual 

contamination was also identified in Buildings 4, 5, and 10, primarily where unclad uranium 

operations had been conducted, including areas that were previously decommissioned. This 
SEC-00236 04-05-2017 Metals and Controls Corp.

19 of 47

contamination was generally limited to cracks and joints in the concrete floor, areas around equipment 

installed in the concrete floor, drain lines buried in or beneath the concrete floor, or was covered with 

carpet, flooring, machinery, and other items that limited potential exposures to manufacturing workers

(Callan, 1997, PDF p. 3; Price, no date, PDF p. 4).

Prior to the full-scale remediation, a comprehensive characterization of the subsurface drainage 

system was performed. Characterization results were used to designate and prioritize three levels of 

drain line decontamination with respect to the volume and concentration of radioactive material. 

Priority 1 lines exhibited residue blockage greater than or equal to 10% and/or total uranium 

concentrations in excess of 1,000 picocuries per gram (pCi/g), and were identified for complete 

removal and disposal as radioactive waste. Priority 2 lines exhibited residue blockage of less than 

10% and/or total uranium concentrations of 500 to 1 ,000 pCi/g, and were subject to in-situ 

decontamination using hydrolasing techniques. Drain lines that contained less than 5% blockage 

and/or a total uranium concentration in residue of less than 500 pCi/g, were designated as Priority 3 

and required no remediation (Weston, Oct1996, PDF pp. 169, 171).

Further remediation activities in Buildings 4 and 5 primarily involved scabbling concrete floor 

surfaces. In a few cases, portions of the concrete slab and some underlying soil were removed. 

Building 10 required more extensive remediation work to remove contamination because unclad 

uranium operations had been conducted in portions of this building. Remediation activities included 

scabbling approximately 75 m2 (800 ft2

) of the floor and lower wall surfaces. Approximately 1,400 

m2 (15,000 ft2) of the concrete slab were removed to provide access to contaminated drain lines and 

soil. In most cases, the concrete was not contaminated or was only contaminated on the surface. 

Approximately 460 m (1,500 ft) of contaminated drain lines were removed from Building 10, and 

another 180 m (600 ft) were decontaminated using a high-pressure wash. Approximately 6 m3 (200 

ft3) of sludge were collected and disposed (Callan, 1997, PDF p. 6). Approximately 10,000 ft2 of 

Building 10's roof was subject to decontamination techniques including vacuuming gravel and dust, 

scraping roof tar layers, and removing section of the roof. Roofing material was transferred directly to 

shipping containers using a sealed hopper/chute system. Scraping and roof section removal were 

performed with roof cutters and hand tools. Decontamination and removal operations resulted in 

approximately 1,000 ft3 of radioactive waste to be transported for disposal (Weston, Oct1996, PDF p. 

17).

During 1995 and 1996, 65,000 ft2 of combined floor and roof area in Buildings 4, 5 and 10 were 

decontaminated, and 34,600 ft3 of radioactive waste containing 278 mCi was shipped to a disposal 

facility. Texas Instruments took steps to reduce exposure to non-D&D employees by temporary 

relocating employees to unaffected areas and by performing D&D activities during second and third 

shifts. From the beginning of all intrusive activities, decontamination work areas were thoroughly 

isolated through the use of portable containments under negative-pressure with high-efficiency 

particulate air (HEPA), water-retaining walls, and vacuum collection systems. Portable HEPA units 

were frequently moved and used at the immediate point of dust generation. Routine air monitoring 

and contamination control surveys were performed to confirm containment. These contamination 

control techniques enabled Texas Instruments to maintain all work area contamination levels to less 

than 20% of the removable contamination unrestricted-release criterion throughout the D&D work

(Price, no date, PDF pp. 2-6; Weston, Oct1996, PDF p. 6). Remediation was performed to comply 

with NRC requirements in existence at the time, specifically NRC’s Guidelines for Decontamination 

of Facilities and Equipment Prior to Release for Unrestricted use or Termination of Licenses for 

Byproduct, Source or Special Nuclear Materials (NRC, 1993; TI, 1994, PDF p. 84). NIOSH has 
SEC-00236 04-05-2017 Metals and Controls Corp.

20 of 47

documentation indicating that Texas Instruments also performed final release surveys in accordance 

with NUREG/CR-5849, Manual for Conducting Radiological Surveys in Support of License 

Termination and the Atomic Energy Commission (AEC)’s Regulatory Guide 1.86, Termination of 

Operating Licenses for Nuclear Reactors (TI, 1995, PDF pp. 4, 6; Weston, Oct1996, PDF p. 6).

In February 1997, after these additional areas were decontaminated, NRC representatives from Region 

I, accompanied and assisted by a representative from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, conducted 

confirmatory radiological measurements. These measurements included the inaccessible areas of 

Buildings 4, 5, and 10 (cracks and joints in the concrete floor, etc.) where AWE Facility operations 

were performed and that were previously released in 1983. These measurements confirmed the 

licensee’s surveys that the site was acceptable by NRC standards and guidelines to be released for 

unrestricted use (Callan, 1997; NRC, 1997, CPS, 1997). On March 21, 1997, at the time of release for 

unrestricted use by the NRC, the M&C facility was still operational in a variety of non-radiological

metallurgical production activities (NRC, 1997). In April 2006, Texas Instruments sold the business 

to Bain Capital and it became a stand-alone entity named Sensata Technologies (ORAUT, 2007;

Sensata, 2016).

5.2 Radiological Exposure Sources at Metals and Controls Corp. During the 

Residual Radiation Period

The following subsections provide an overview of the internal and external exposure sources for the 

Metals and Controls Corp. class under evaluation. During the residual radiation period from January

1, 1968 through March 21, 1997, the primary source of covered exposure that M&C employees may 

have been exposed to was from the previous AWE Facility weapons-related work that generated

residual uranium residues. Smaller amounts of residual thorium residues were also present.

5.2.1 Internal Radiological Exposure Sources at Metals and Controls Corp. During the 

Residual Radiation Period

This section addresses exposures to alpha-emitting radionuclides at M&C. The primary potential 

sources of internally deposited radioactivity for M&C employees during the residual radiation period 

were inhalation and ingestion of uranium and thorium residual activity remaining at the end of, and as 

a result of, AWE Facility operations.

5.2.1.1 Uranium

The uranium work activities that M&C performed during AWE Facility operations that generated

residual radioactivity that the evaluated class was potentially exposed to included:

• Melting and shearing fuel foils for R&D experiments;

• Pickling, polishing, cropping, and assembling fuel plates into elements; and

• Cladding with zircalloy, aluminum, or stainless steel.

Natural uranium consists of four isotopes, U-234, U-235, and U-238. The term enriched refers to 

uranium where the amount of U-235 has been increased relative to naturally-occurring uranium, and 

likewise, depleted refers to uranium where the amount of U-235 has been decreased relative to 

naturally-occurring uranium.
SEC-00236 04-05-2017 Metals and Controls Corp.

21 of 47

During the evaluated period, exposure to residual uranium may have occurred while performing work 

in the areas where former AWE Facility uranium-bearing component fabrication occurred (including 

reactor fuel, metallic alloys, and metallic foils). The former work occurring during the AWE Facility 

operational period is discussed in this section to promote an understanding of the origin of the 

residues remaining during the evaluated period.

Most of the fuel fabrication activities that occurred during the AWE Facility operational period 

involved uranium enriched to more than 93%. However, some of the projects involved lower 

enrichments and depleted uranium. It was accepted practice to fabricate small orders requiring 

intermediate enrichment by combining the on-hand 93% enriched uranium with natural or depleted 

uranium so that a special enrichment order would not be necessary.

During AWE Facility operations, M&C received enriched uranium in the form of metal, U02, and 

U308, depending on the specifications for the reactor core. The U3O8 work involved alloying, 

pressing, annealing, and cladding the powder for the fuel plate manufacturing process (TI, no date-b, 

PDF p. 9). The early operations used uranium metal; the later operations used U308 in powder

metallurgy, and only a few cores required U02 (TI, no date-b, PDF pp. 9–11).

The amount of enriched uranium present in the former AWE Facility can be described by the limited 

inventory information available. In January 1962, M&C possessed 1,282 kg of uranium at a 93% 

enrichment; 71 kg at a 20% enrichment; 1,449 kg at 3.2%; 3,932 kg at 2.2%; and 363 kg at 1.8% 

(ASTRA, 1962, PDF p. 47).

Operations prior to 1963 used natural uranium as a metal, and after 1963 it was used in its oxide form

(TI, no date-b, PDF pp. 9–11). The amount of natural uranium present at M&C can be described by 

the limited inventory information available. Inventory indicates that in January 1962, M&C possessed 

253 kg of natural uranium (ASTRA, 1962, PDF p. 47).

M&C also worked with natural uranium in a powder form as UO2. This work involved mixing the

powdered form with stainless steel powder and rolling it to make fuel plates; however, very few cores 

required UO2 fuel (ASTRA, 1962; M&C, Apr1957; M&C, 1957).

From 1957 to 1963, M&C supplied Argonne with 39,000 metal pieces fabricated from 68,000 kg of 

depleted uranium metal derbies. Records indicate that depleted uranium was shipped between Rocky 

Flats and M&C from 1955 through 1958 (ASTRA, 1962; McKinley, 1960; M&C, no date; Williams, 

1959; Callan, 1997). 

5.2.1.2 Thorium

During the evaluated period, exposure to residual thorium may have occurred during work in the areas 

where previous AWE Facility thorium-bearing component fabrication occurred (including reactor 

fuel, metallic alloys, and metallic foils) (Callan, 1997). NIOSH has limited information about thorium 

operations at M&C, and will assume that any residual thorium present during the evaluated period 

would have been generated during the previous AWE Facility operations period. Therefore, any 

potential thorium exposures during the evaluated period will be considered covered exposures.

M&C’s use of thorium is indicated in undated product literature (M&C, no date, PDF p. 45; M&C, 

1956, PDF p. 60; M&C, 1962, PDF p. 65) and in a 1960 brochure (TI, 1960). Based on these 

references, M&C supplied thorium foil strips for criticality experiments, source tests, and reactivity 
SEC-00236 04-05-2017 Metals and Controls Corp.

22 of 47

tests. Thorium was vacuum-melted and cast into flat ingots. These ingots were subsequently rolled 

into the desired thickness. A 1964 Standard Procedures Manual references thorium use (M&C, 

Jan1964a; M&C, Jan1964b; M&C, Oct1964a; M&C, Oct1964b; M&C, Oct1964c; M&C, Oct1964d),

while the 1968 and 1973 versions of this same document (Weiss, 1968; Barletta, 1973) do not 

mention thorium. No other versions, for the intervening years or prior to the 1964 version, are 

available.

A comprehensive listing of thorium shipments from the Fernald site (Thorium Shipments, 1952–85, 

PDF p. 108) documents three shipments of small quantities of thorium metal (less than 15 kg each) to 

M&C. One of these shipments occurred in June 1955, the second in February 1957, and the third in 

October 1957. NIOSH also has documentation of a fourth thorium shipment containing one 3 ft x 5 ft 

piece of thorium foil being shipped to the Brookhaven National Laboratory in June 1954 (Huke, 

1954). A 1957 uranium exposure assessment, conducted by the Environmental Measurement 

Laboratory, lists the production of thorium foils as one of the processes at M&C (M&C, Apr1957). 

The only definitive information regarding the amount of thorium at M&C is from a 1962 nuclear 

safety analysis that lists the total quantity of natural thorium as 244 kg (ASTRA, 1962, PDF p. 47).

5.2.1.3 Radium

From 1965 to 1967, Texas Instruments performed commercial work that produced 5,000 electrical 

breakers containing radium-bearing luminescent markers for the U.S. Navy. This work involved 

placing a luminous glass bead with Ra-226 coating onto each toggle switch so that the switch would 

glow in the dark. Activity was estimated at 0.12 μCi for each bead (TI, 1997; ORAUT, 2008; ORAU, 

2008).

This Ra-226 commercial work was limited to a single process in Building 1 and was kept separate 

from M&C’s AWE Facility weapons-related work (Email, 2006, PDF p. 4). M&C’s Ra-226 work is 

not considered an EEOICPA-covered exposure during the subsequent residual radiation period. 

Therefore, Ra-226 and any associated exposures will not be addressed further in this report.

5.2.2 External Radiological Exposure Sources at Metals and Controls Corp. During the 

Residual Radiation Period

The primary potential sources of external exposure for M&C employees during the residual radiation 

period include small amounts of surface contamination present after AWE Facility operations with 

uranium and thorium ended.

5.2.2.1 Photon

During the residual period, M&C employees conducted work in areas where previous AWE Facility 

operations occurred with enriched, natural, and depleted uranium. Uranium emits both beta particles 

(electrons) and photons (gamma and X-rays). The two primordial components of natural uranium are 

U-238 and U-235, but some of their decay products grow into equilibrium fast enough to contribute to 

worker exposures. External exposures to photon radiation would have resulted from the immediate 

daughter radionuclides in the uranium decay chain. The uranium progeny that result in the most 

significant photon exposures include Th-234 and Pa 234m (Rad Handbook, 1998), but these isotopes 

have relatively short half-lives and can be assumed to be in equilibrium with the parent U-238. 

Because of their short half-lives, the exposure potential from these isotopes would follow the parent 

and will not be considered separately in this document.
SEC-00236 04-05-2017 Metals and Controls Corp.

23 of 47

The beta and photon emissions of the radionuclides of major external exposure concern can be found 

in most standard health physics reference documents. Exposure to these emissions was possible for 

the period under evaluation during inadvertent contact with contaminated surfaces during normal 

work activities and from submersion in contaminated air. 

Thorium has a significant number of higher-energy photons in the Th-232 decay chain. Based on the 

half-lives of the progeny, only a partial equilibrium is possible. Therefore, it is conservative to state 

that equilibrium would be reached in this decay chain. It has been assumed that Ra-228 and Th-228 

progeny were in equilibrium with Th-232. Under this assumption, the progeny are the major source 

of both penetrating and non-penetrating external exposure during the residual radiation period.

5.2.2.2 Beta

Beta particle radiation was the dominant source of external radiation exposure associated with work in 

areas with residual uranium contamination at M&C, primarily from U-238 decay products. For 

example, nearly the entire beta radiation field from uranium comes from the daughter radionuclide Pa234m, and to a lesser extent from Th-234. 

Beta doses to the skin, extremities, and (sometimes) the lens of the eye may occur in facilities that 

processed uranium. Potential skin exposure from uranium occurs primarily from the Pa-234m beta 

particles at tissue depths of 4 mg/cm2 and greater. At 2.29-MeV (Emax), beta particles from Pa-234m 

are the most energetic contributors to the beta exposure.

5.2.2.3 Neutron

Neutron exposures were not evaluated because they are negligible for facilities with residual 

quantities of uranium and thorium present, such as in the case of M&C during the evaluated period 

(Battelle-TBD-6000; ORAUT-OTIB-0024).

6.0 Summary of Available Monitoring Data for the Class Evaluated 

by NIOSH

Monitoring data, which may be available for some M&C employees during the residual period, are 

associated with commercial or D&D work and not with EEOICPA-covered operations. Therefore, 

using these data provides an overestimate of the exposure to residual radioactivity from covered 

operations alone. A bounding estimate of radiation exposure during the period from January 1, 1968 

through March 21, 1997, can be based on monitoring data at the end of the AWE Facility operations 

period. Monitoring data from the end of the AWE Facility operations period include doses from 

residual radioactive material and, as such, would be bounding for exposures to residual surface 

contamination during the January 1, 1968 through March 21, 1997 period. The following subsections 

provide an overview of the state of the available internal and external monitoring data for the M&C

class under evaluation.

6.1 Available Metals and Controls Corp. Internal Monitoring Data

Throughout the AWE Facility operational period, M&C’s health protection equipment and procedures

enabled M&C to maintain levels of uranium air concentration at a factor of fifty lower than those 

permitted by the applicable Code of Federal Regulations. To ensure that these low levels were 
SEC-00236 04-05-2017 Metals and Controls Corp.

24 of 47

maintained, constant air monitoring was performed in the specially segregated area where bare 

uranium and thorium were handled, as well as throughout the inside of the plant and outside Building 

10. M&C engineers were considered to be pioneers in low-level alpha counting and quantitative 

gamma spectrometry. Beginning in the 1950s, M&C’s Instrument Engineering Section developed 

nondestructive testing methods for process control and to ensure in-process quality including 

radiography and radiation monitoring (TI, 1960, PDF p. 24). M&C’s intensive cleaning program 

during the AWE Facility operational period required daily surface surveys to check for nuclear 

materials (TI, 1960, PDF p. 27).

M&C performed routine contamination monitoring of employees and areas. Area surfacecontamination survey data4 (analyzed for gross-alpha content) from the end of the AWE Facility 

operational period indicate that removable alpha contamination was generally below 100 dpm/100 

cm2

.

NIOSH is aware of surface contamination surveys, air monitoring, and urinalysis that were performed 

in 1981 and 1982, and from 1992 until the end of the covered period (March 21, 1997) for personnel 

performing D&D work as described in Section 5.1 of this report. However, this D&D work was 

performed in either the HFIR area or by contractors (TI, 1994, PDF pp. 8, 22, 70; CPS, 1992, PDF p. 

6; Weston, Oct1996, PDF pp. 15, 16) and therefore, the D&D of M&C is not an EEOICPA-covered 

operation and will not be further assessed in this report.

The areas where AWE Facility weapons-related operations occurred (Buildings 3, 4 and 10) were 

cleaned as those operations ended from 1955 through 1968 (TI, Nov1982, PDF p. 12; ASTRA, 1962, 

PDF p. 71). However, the first available survey of these areas was performed on November 1, 1982 

(TI, Nov1982, PDF p. 12). The NRC performed an over check survey of these same areas from 

January 31 to February 2, 1983. The NRC documented that direct alpha measurements were all below 

175 dpm/100 cm2 except for one location in Building 4 that was 350 dpm/100 cm2, and that 92% were 

below 50 dpm/100 cm2 (NRC, 1983, PDF pp. 6–8). Using the data from the end of AWE Facility 

operations and D&D, NIOSH can model exposures to the evaluated class.

NIOSH is aware of data from surface contamination surveys, air monitoring, urinalysis, and lung 

scans that were performed during the evaluated period for M&C employees performing commercial 

work (TI, 1973-82, PDF p. 34; Barletta, 1973, PDF p. 50; CPS, no date, PDF p. 11; Hopper, 1979

PDF p. 43). Since these data are representative of conditions that existed during commercial 

operations, NIOSH will not rely on them to bound doses during the evaluated period. However, 

NIOSH can consider these data as supporting evidence to validate the bounding method used in 

Section 7 of this report.

6.2 Available Metals and Controls Corp. External Monitoring Data

Data from film-badge monitoring (Monitoring, Oct1965–Sep1974) performed at the end of AWE 

Facility operations in 1967, document exposure for 162 M&C employees. M&C required employees 

and visitors whom health physics staff deemed likely to receive a dose in excess of 125 mrem in any 

 

4 The Health and Safety Contamination and Radiation surveys that were analyzed are located in the following SRDB Ref 

ID numbers: 69181, 69314, 69231, 69239, 69289, 69283, 69210, 69228, 69233, 69287, 69295, 69300, 69305, 69269, 

69271, 69276, 69293, 69185, and 69167.
SEC-00236 04-05-2017 Metals and Controls Corp.

25 of 47

calendar quarter, to wear a Kodak Type 2 film-badge dosimeter. These dosimeters contained

differentially shielded beta-, X-, and gamma-sensitive film and neutron-monitoring resonance 

threshold foils. M&C processed dosimeters quarterly, or more frequently in some cases (M&C, 

Oct1964b). Using the data from the end of AWE Facility operations, NIOSH can model exposures to 

the evaluated class.

NIOSH is aware of data from personal film badges, as well as surveys of areas and items handled 

frequently (e.g., fuel elements) that were performed during the evaluated period for M&C employees

performing commercial work (TI, 1973–82, PDF p. 34; Barletta, 1973, PDF p. 50; Hopper, 1979, PDF 

p. 43). Since the data are representative of conditions that existed during commercial operations, 

NIOSH will not rely on the data to bound doses during the evaluated period. However, NIOSH can 

consider the data as supporting evidence to validate the bounding method used in Section 7 of this 

report.

7.0 Feasibility of Dose Reconstruction for the Class Evaluated by 

NIOSH

The feasibility determination for the class of employees under evaluation in this report is governed by 

both EEOICPA and 42 C.F.R. §83.13(c)(1). Under that Act and rule, NIOSH must establish whether 

or not it has access to sufficient information either to estimate the maximum radiation dose for every 

type of cancer for which radiation doses are reconstructed that could have been incurred under 

plausible circumstances by any member of the class, or to estimate the radiation doses to members of 

the class more precisely than a maximum dose estimate. If NIOSH has access to sufficient 

information for either case, NIOSH would then determine that it would be feasible to conduct dose 

reconstructions.

In determining feasibility, NIOSH begins by evaluating whether current or completed NIOSH dose 

reconstructions demonstrate the feasibility of estimating with sufficient accuracy the potential 

radiation exposures of the class. If the conclusion is one of infeasibility, NIOSH systematically 

evaluates the sufficiency of different types of monitoring data, process and source or source term data, 

which together or individually might assure that NIOSH can estimate either the maximum doses that 

members of the class might have incurred, or more precise quantities that reflect the variability of 

exposures experienced by groups or individual members of the class. This approach is discussed in 

NIOSH’s SEC Petition Evaluation Internal Procedures which are available on the NIOSH Radiation 

Dose Reconstruction Program webpage. The next four major subsections of this evaluation report 

examine:

• The sufficiency and reliability of the available data. (Section 7.1)

• The feasibility of reconstructing internal radiation doses. (Section 7.2)

• The feasibility of reconstructing external radiation doses. (Section 7.3)

• The bases for petition SEC-00236 as submitted by the petitioner. (Section 7.4)
SEC-00236 04-05-2017 Metals and Controls Corp.

26 of 47

7.1 Pedigree of Metals and Controls Corp. Data

This subsection answers questions that need to be asked before performing a feasibility evaluation. 

Data Pedigree addresses the background, history, and origin of the data. It requires looking at site 

methodologies that may have changed over time; primary versus secondary data sources and whether 

they match; and whether data are internally consistent. All these issues form the bedrock of the 

researcher’s confidence and later conclusions about the data’s quality, credibility, reliability, 

representativeness, and sufficiency for determining the feasibility of dose reconstruction. The

feasibility evaluation presupposes that data pedigree issues have been settled.

7.1.1 Internal Monitoring Data Pedigree Review

As presented in Section 6.1.1 above, M&C engineers were considered to be pioneers in low-level 

alpha counting, and site procedures required routine work-area contamination monitoring. The data 

NIOSH relies on (presented in Section 6.1.1) to estimate airborne concentration during the evaluated 

period were obtained at the end of AWE Facility operations and consist of 7,765 survey data entries. 

The data sources are copies of original reports and are therefore considered primary data sources. The 

locations chosen by M&C for these surveys provide information that is representative of the 

conditions that employees experienced in the areas where AWE Facility weapons-related work was 

performed. 

M&C followed monitoring procedures that were appropriate for control and assessment of their 

operations and NIOSH has determined that the data obtained from M&C’s monitoring effort are 

adequate for estimating exposures to the evaluated class.

7.1.2 External Monitoring Data Pedigree Review

The external monitoring data that NIOSH will use to estimate exposures for the evaluated class are 

taken from Landauer film badge dosimetry reports (Monitoring, Oct1965–Sep1974). These reports 

document exposure monitoring for 162 M&C employees performed at the end of AWE Facility 

operations in 1967. The data sources are copies of original reports and are therefore considered 

primary data sources. During this period at the end of AWE Facility operations, M&C required all 

employees and visitors whom health physics staff deemed likely to receive a dose in excess of 125 

mrem in any calendar quarter, to wear a film-badge dosimeter (M&C, Oct1964b, PDF p. 48).

M&C followed AEC requirements and monitoring procedures that were appropriate for assessing

external exposures to M&C employees. NIOSH has determined that the data obtained from that effort 

are adequate for estimating exposures to the evaluated class. 

7.2 Evaluation of Bounding Internal Radiation Doses at Metals and Controls 

Corp.

The principal source of covered internal radiation doses for members of the class under evaluation 

was the inhalation and ingestion of resuspended surface contamination created from previous AWE 

Facility weapons-related operations with uranium and thorium (See Section 5.2.1 of this report).

NIOSH has reviewed M&C radiological controls manuals to understand the protective measures in 

place during the AWE Facility operations that generated the radioactivity, and those measures in place 

during the residual period. M&C’s manual in place at the end of AWE Facility operations included 
SEC-00236 04-05-2017 Metals and Controls Corp.

27 of 47

requirements for training and qualification, personal and area monitoring, internal and external 

radiation protection, personal protective equipment (PPE), medical surveillance, and contamination 

and waste control (TI, no date-a, PDF pp. 31, 42; Weiss, 1968). NIOSH is aware of documents that 

indicate that M&C utilized engineering controls and PPE such as ventilated hoods, gloveboxes, and 

respirators (M&C, no date, PDF pp. 44, 51; Weiss, 1968).

D&D activities at M&C were controlled so that all employees, including those not participating in the 

particular effort, were made aware of the work with daily briefings. Non-D&D employees were 

required to remain at a safe distance from the work (TI, 1995, PDF p. 9). Access to D&D work areas 

was restricted by a conspicuously posted control point and only those enrolled in the contractor’s 

monitoring program were permitted to enter. The control point was the access location through which 

all workers entered the area and included a frisking station to assess and prevent contamination 

transferring from the work area. Control points were supervised by a health physics technician during 

high traffic periods (TI, 1994, PDF pp. 73, 74, 84; CPS, 1992, PDF p. 10).

The following subsections address the ability to bound internal doses for the residual period, methods 

for bounding doses, and the feasibility of internal dose reconstruction. Process-related doses will not 

be discussed in detail because this report is evaluating the residual period (January 1, 1968 through 

March 21, 1997) and not the operational period.

7.2.1 Evaluation of Bounding Residual Period Internal Doses

NIOSH can bound residual radiation period internal doses from uranium and thorium to M&C 

workers using surface contamination monitoring data from the areas where AWE Facility weaponsrelated operations were performed, and applying methodology as described in Battelle-TBD-6000, 

ORAUT-OTIB-0070, and NUREG/CR-5512 (Residual Radioactive Contamination from 

Decommissioning), for the evaluated class.

7.2.2 Methods for Bounding Residual Internal Dose at Metals and Controls Corp.

All of the surface contamination surveys used to create these bounding methods were initially 

analyzed for gross alpha content; therefore, NIOSH will choose the most claimant-favorable isotope

of thorium or uranium when estimating worker doses. For thorium, both natural and triple-separated 

mixtures will be considered. For uranium, the recycled uranium ratios in Battelle-TBD-6000 will be 

considered. NIOSH will determine the amount of activity ingested with methodologies presented in

NUREG/CR-5512.

Inhalation Dose Methodology for Production Employees

M&C performed routine employee and area contamination monitoring. Area surface-contamination 

survey data from the end of the AWE Facility operational period (described in Section 6.1 of this 

report), indicate that removable alpha contamination was generally below 100 dpm/100 cm2. The

contamination data, consisting of 7,765 survey data entries, were compiled and then a 95th percentile

value was calculated as 54.8 dpm/100 cm2.

A resuspension factor of 10-6 m-1 was applied to the 95th percentile contamination levels (54.8 

dpm/100 cm2) to estimate an air concentration (2.47 x 10-15 μCi/mL or 0.00548 dpm/m3) that would 

have been present at the start of the residual period (per guidance in ORAUT-OTIB-0070).
SEC-00236 04-05-2017 Metals and Controls Corp.

28 of 47

The areas where AWE Facility weapons-related operations occurred (Buildings 3, 4 and 10) were 

cleaned as those operations ended from 1955 through 1968. However, the first documented survey of 

these areas is dated November 1, 1982 (TI, Nov1982, PDF p. 12). NIOSH used the 207 direct alpha 

average results from this survey (TI, Nov1982, PDF pp. 23–31) and calculated the 95th percentile as 

144.85 dpm/100 cm2. As these are direct alpha results, NIOSH then assumed that 10% of the activity 

measured in this direct survey was associated with removable activity (per guidance in ORAUTOTIB-0070), which results in a removable surface contamination level of 14.5 dpm/100 cm2

.

A resuspension factor of 10-6 m-1 was applied to the 95th percentile contamination levels (14.5 

dpm/100 cm2) to estimate an air concentration (6.53 x 10-16 μCi/mL or 0.00145 dpm/m3) that would 

have been present on November 1, 1982.

NIOSH used the air concentration of 0.00548 dpm/m3 present at the start of the residual period 

(January 1, 1968), and the air concentration of 0.00145 dpm/m3 present on November 1, 1982, to 

calculate a source term depletion rate of 2.45 x 10-4 day-1. The air concentration available for 

inhalation by production employees during each year from January 1, 1968 through March 21, 1997,

can be calculated using the starting concentration (0.00548 dpm/m3

) and the source term depletion 

rate (2.45 x 10-4 day-1

). Table 7-1 shows the calculated air concentration and intake rates for 

production employees.

Table 7-1: Intake Rates for Production Employees

Year Air Concentration 

(dpm/m3)

Inhalation 

(dpm/yr.)

Ingestion 

(dpm/yr.)

1968 5.48E-03 13.15 1,096

1969 5.01E-03 12.03 1,002

1970 4.58E-03 10.99 916

1971 4.19E-03 10.05 838

1972 3.83E-03 9.19 766

1973 3.50E-03 8.40 700

1974 3.20E-03 7.68 640

1975 2.93E-03 7.03 585

1976 2.68E-03 6.42 535

1977 2.45E-03 5.87 489

1978 2.24E-03 5.37 448

1979 2.05E-03 4.91 409

1980 1.87E-03 4.49 374

1981 1.71E-03 4.10 342

1982 1.56E-03 3.75 313

1983 1.43E-03 3.43 286

1984 1.31E-03 3.14 261

1985 1.20E-03 2.87 239

1986 1.09E-03 2.62 219

1987 9.99E-04 2.40 200

1988 9.14E-04 2.19 183

1989 8.35E-04 2.00 167
SEC-00236 04-05-2017 Metals and Controls Corp.

29 of 47

Year Air Concentration 

(dpm/m3)

Inhalation 

(dpm/yr.)

Ingestion 

(dpm/yr.)

1990 7.64E-04 1.83 153

1991 6.98E-04 1.68 140

1992 6.39E-04 1.53 128

1993 5.84E-04 1.40 117

1994 5.34E-04 1.28 107

1995 4.88E-04 1.17 98

1996 4.46E-04 1.07 89

1997 4.08E-04 0.98 82

Ingestion Methodology for Production Employees

NUREG/CR-5512 will be used to determine the amount of activity ingested. A factor of 10-4 m2/hour 

will be applied to the surface contamination levels as they are depleted over time, as shown in Tables 

7-1 and 7-2.

Internal Dose Bounding Methodology for Non-production or Administrative Employees

For unmonitored administrative, office, or non-production area employees, NIOSH will assume that 

their inhalation and ingestion rates are 10% of the rates associated with the production workers

described above (per guidance in Battelle-TBD-6000). Table 7-2 shows intake rates for nonproduction employees.

Table 7-2: Intake Rates for Non-production/Administrative Employees

Year Air Concentration 

(dpm/m3)

Inhalation 

(dpm/yr.)

Ingestion 

(dpm/yr.)

1968 5.48E-04 1.32 110

1969 5.01E-04 1.20 100

1970 4.58E-04 1.10 92

1971 4.19E-04 1.01 84

1972 3.83E-04 0.92 77

1973 3.50E-04 0.84 70

1974 3.20E-04 0.77 64

1975 2.93E-04 0.70 59

1976 2.68E-04 0.64 54

1977 2.45E-04 0.59 49

1978 2.24E-04 0.54 45

1979 2.05E-04 0.49 41

1980 1.87E-04 0.45 37

1981 1.71E-04 0.41 34

1982 1.56E-04 0.38 31

1983 1.43E-04 0.34 29

1984 1.31E-04 0.31 26

1985 1.20E-04 0.29 24

1986 1.09E-04 0.26 22
SEC-00236 04-05-2017 Metals and Controls Corp.

30 of 47

Year Air Concentration 

(dpm/m3)

Inhalation 

(dpm/yr.)

Ingestion 

(dpm/yr.)

1987 9.99E-05 0.24 20

1988 9.14E-05 0.22 18

1989 8.35E-05 0.20 17

1990 7.64E-05 0.18 15

1991 6.98E-05 0.17 14

1992 6.39E-05 0.15 13

1993 5.84E-05 0.14 12

1994 5.34E-05 0.13 11

1995 4.88E-05 0.12 10

1996 4.46E-05 0.11 9

1997 4.08E-05 0.10 8

7.2.3 Internal Dose Reconstruction Feasibility Conclusion

NIOSH concludes that there are methods available in Battelle-TBD-6000, NUREG/CR-5512, and 

ORAUT-OTIB-0070, as well as available surface-contamination data, air-monitoring data, and 

operational descriptions, so that internal radiation doses can be reconstructed with sufficient accuracy 

for all employees during the period under evaluation.

7.3 Evaluation of Bounding External Radiation Doses at Metals and Controls 

Corp.

The principal source of external radiation doses for members of the evaluated class was the small 

amounts of surface contamination created from previous uranium and thorium operations, including 

radiation from uranium- and thorium-contaminated surfaces and the floor as described in Section 5.2.2 

of this report.

The following subsections address the ability to bound external doses for the residual period, methods 

for bounding doses, and the feasibility of external radiation dose reconstruction. Process-related doses 

will not be discussed in detail because this report is evaluating the residual period (January 1, 1968 

through March 21, 1997) and not the operational period.

7.3.1 Evaluation of Bounding Residual Period External Doses

NIOSH can bound M&C workers’ external doses from uranium and thorium during the residual 

radiation period by using the data as described in Section 6.2 of this report.

7.3.2 Metals and Controls Corp. Occupational X-ray Examinations

Medical X-ray dose is not a covered occupational exposure during residual radiation periods for AWE 

Facilities (ORAUT-OTIB-0006; ORAUT-OTIB-0079). Therefore, NIOSH is not reconstructing 

occupational medical dose for Metals and Controls Corp. employees from January 1, 1968 through 

March 21, 1997.
SEC-00236 04-05-2017 Metals and Controls Corp.

31 of 47

7.3.3 Methods for Bounding Residual External Dose at Metals and Controls Corp.

NIOSH can use personal dosimetry data and methods available in Battelle-TBD-6000 to bound 

external doses.

External Dose Methodology for Production Employees

Film-badge data (Monitoring, Oct1965–Sep1974) from the end of the AWE Facility operations period 

(1967) was used to determine the 95th percentile penetrating dose. The data used was from the 

cumulative totals column of the Landauer dosimetry reports for “X” or “Gamma” exposure for the 

162 monitored M&C employees. From this data, the 95th percentile value for the measured doses was 

determined to be 150 mrem/year.

Landauer documents their minimum quantity measurable, also referred to as limit of detection (LOD), 

for these exposures as 10 mrem/quarter (Monitoring, Oct1965–Sep1974, PDF p. 16). To account for 

missed doses, NIOSH will assume that the entire annual dose for each employee was delivered in the 

final quarter of 1967, and that the dose for the previous three quarters was below the LOD (10 mrem). 

NIOSH will then add in a missed dose component equivalent to the LOD/2 (5 mrem) for the other 

three previous quarters. This results in a missed dose component equivalent to 3 x LOD/2 (15 mrem). 

Adding this to the measured dose, results in a 95th percentile total dose (missed and measures) value 

of 165 mrem/year. A corroborating review of the quarterly film-badge data from a 5-quarter span in 

the 1970s (during the residual period) indicated that the mean dose rate for that population of workers 

was 48.3 mrem/quarter (Hopper, 1979, PDF p. 43). This would equate to an annual dose of 

approximately 193 mrem/year. Considering this and the 1967 data, NIOSH will apply a constant 

distribution of 200 mrem/year, with no source term depletion, for penetrating dose over the entire 

residual radiation period (January 1, 1968 through March 21, 1997).

The same film-badge data from the end of the AWE Facility operational period (Monitoring, 

Oct1965–Sep1974) was also used to determine a shallow dose. The data used was from the “Beta” 

column of the Landauer dosimetry reports for 1967. Of the 162 monitored M&C employees in 1967, 

12 were monitored for beta radiation. From this data, a 95th percentile value of 112.5 mrem/year was 

calculated. To account for missed dose, NIOSH assumed that there were also three additional 

quarterly doses that were below LOD (40 mrem). This results in a missed dose component equivalent 

to 3 x LOD/2 (60 mrem). Adding this to the measured dose, results in a 95th percentile total shallow

dose (missed and measures) value of 172.5 mrem/year. A corroborating review of the quarterly filmbadge data from a 5-quarter span in the 1970s (during the residual period) indicated that the mean 

dose rate for that population of workers was 48.3 mrem/quarter (Hopper, 1979, PDF p. 43). This 

results in an annual dose of about 193 mrem/year. Considering this and the 1967 data, NIOSH will 

apply a constant distribution of 200 mrem/year, with no source term depletion, for shallow dose over

the entire residual period (January 1, 1968 through March 21, 1997).

External Dose Bounding Methodology for Non-production or Administrative Employees

For unmonitored administrative, office, or non-production area employees, NIOSH will assume that 

their doses are 10% of the doses associated with the production workers described above (per 

guidance in Battelle-TBD-6000).
SEC-00236 04-05-2017 Metals and Controls Corp.

32 of 47

7.3.4 External Dose Reconstruction Feasibility Conclusion

NIOSH concludes that there are methods available in Battelle-TBD-6000, as well as available filmbadge data and operational descriptions, so that external radiation doses can be reconstructed with 

sufficient accuracy for all Atomic Weapons Employees during the period under evaluation.

7.4 Evaluation of Petition Basis for SEC-00236

The following subsections evaluate the assertions made on behalf of petition SEC-00236 for Metals 

and Controls Corp.

7.4.1 Unmonitored Exposures

Issue: Employees with some job titles were not monitored for radiation exposure while working in 

certain areas of the site.

Response: NIOSH has researched and compiled available monitoring data (such as contamination 

surveys, air monitoring, and film-badge data) and has developed methods for bounding exposures for 

all covered M&C employees, as described in Section 7 of this report.

7.4.2 Thorium Exposures

Issue: D&D at the M&C site did not address the presence of thorium for the post-operational period.

Response: NIOSH has reviewed documents that indicate that samples were analyzed for the presence 

of thorium. Furthermore, NIOSH has developed methods for bounding thorium exposures for all 

covered M&C employees, as described in Section 7 of this report.

7.5 Other Potential SEC Petition Issues Identified During the Evaluation

During the SEC-00236 evaluation, some issues were identified that needed further analysis and 

resolution. The issues and their current status are identified in the subsections below.

7.5.1 Thorium Internal Monitoring Data

Issue: A previous evaluation performed in 2009 for SEC-00149 (NIOSH, 2009) determined that there 

was a lack of sufficient thorium internal monitoring or air sampling data to allow dose reconstruction.

Response: All of the contamination surveys used to create bounding methods (described in Section 7 

of this report) were initially analyzed for gross alpha content. Therefore, NIOSH can choose the most 

claimant-favorable isotope of thorium or uranium when estimating worker doses.

7.5.2 D&D Activities

Issue: D&D activities at M&C were protracted and involved several contractors. An understanding of 

processes and D&D activities is necessary to determine the extent of potential radiation exposures.

Response: Based on its reviews of relevant records, NIOSH has outlined the D&D activities that took 

place at M&C during the residual radiation period. Based on this knowledge, NIOSH has determined 
SEC-00236 04-05-2017 Metals and Controls Corp.

33 of 47

that D&D work was performed in the HFIR area or by contractors; therefore, the D&D work at M&C 

is not EEOICPA-covered work.

7.6 Summary of Feasibility Findings for Petition SEC-00236

This report evaluates the feasibility for completing dose reconstructions for employees at Metals and 

Controls Corp. from January 1, 1968 through March 21, 1997. NIOSH found that the available 

monitoring records, process descriptions, and source term data available are sufficient to complete 

dose reconstructions for the evaluated class of employees.

Table 7-3 summarizes the results of the feasibility findings at Metals and Controls Corp. for each 

exposure source during the period from January 1, 1968 through March 21, 1997.

Table 7-3: Summary of Feasibility Findings for SEC-00236

January 1, 1968 through March 21, 1997

Source of Exposure Reconstruction Feasible (Yes or No)

Internal1 Yes

Uranium Yes

Thorium Yes

External Yes

Gamma Yes

Beta Yes

Neutron N/A

Occupational Medical X-ray N/A 1 Internal includes an evaluation of airborne dust.

As of January 17, 2017, a total of 448 claims have been submitted to NIOSH for individuals who 

worked at Metals and Controls Corp. during the period under evaluation in this report. Dose 

reconstructions have been completed for 369 individuals (~82%). In addition, 314 claims have been 

submitted for energy employees who started their employment during the period under evaluation 

(January 1, 1968 through March 21, 1997).

8.0 Evaluation of Health Endangerment for Petition SEC-00236

The health endangerment determination for the class of employees covered by this evaluation report is 

governed by both EEOICPA and 42 C.F.R. § 83.13(c) (3). Under these requirements, if it is not 

feasible to estimate with sufficient accuracy radiation doses for members of the class, NIOSH must 

also determine that there is a reasonable likelihood that such radiation doses may have endangered the 

health of members of the class. Section 83.13 requires NIOSH to assume that any duration of 

unprotected exposure may have endangered the health of members of a class when it has been 

established that the class may have been exposed to radiation during a discrete incident likely to have 

involved levels of exposure similarly high to those occurring during nuclear criticality incidents. If 

the occurrence of such an exceptionally high-level exposure has not been established, then NIOSH is 

required to specify that health was endangered for those employees who were employed for a number 

of work days aggregating at least 250 work days within the parameters established for the class or in 

combination with work days within the parameters established for one or more other classes of 

employees in the SEC.
SEC-00236 04-05-2017 Metals and Controls Corp.

34 of 47

NIOSH’s evaluation determined that it is feasible to estimate radiation dose for members of the 

NIOSH-evaluated class with sufficient accuracy based on the sum of information available from 

available resources. Therefore, a health endangerment determination is not required.

9.0 Class Conclusion for Petition SEC-00236

Based on its full research of the class under evaluation, NIOSH found no part of the class for which it 

cannot estimate radiation doses with sufficient accuracy. This class includes all atomic weapons 

employees who worked as facilities construction and maintenance workers, including 

lubricators/oilers, industrial pipefitters, engineering technicians (mechanical, electrical, structural), 

maintenance supervisors, electricians, plumbers, millwrights, carpenters, instrumentation technicians, 

chemical handlers, waste treatment operators, and all production workers, including machine 

operators/helpers and repair & maintenance (commonly called R&M) workers, who worked in 

Buildings 4, 5, 10 interior areas, and Buildings 5, 10, 11, 12, 17 exterior areas at Metals and Controls 

Corp. in Attleboro, Massachusetts, from January 1, 1968 through March 21, 1997.

NIOSH has carefully reviewed all material sent in by the petitioner, including the specific assertions 

stated in the petition, and has responded herein (see Section 7.4). NIOSH has also reviewed available 

technical resources and many other references, including the SRDB, for information relevant to SEC00236. In addition, NIOSH reviewed its NOCTS dose reconstruction database to identify EEOICPArelated dose reconstructions that might provide information relevant to the petition evaluation.

These actions are based on existing, approved NIOSH processes used in dose reconstruction for 

claims under EEOICPA. NIOSH’s guiding principle in conducting these dose reconstructions is to 

ensure that the assumptions used are fair, consistent, and well-grounded in the best available science. 

Simultaneously, uncertainties in the science and data must be handled to the advantage, rather than to 

the detriment, of the petitioners. When adequate personal dose monitoring information is not 

available, or is very limited, NIOSH may use the highest reasonably possible radiation dose, based on 

reliable science, documented experience, and relevant data to determine the feasibility of 

reconstructing the dose of an SEC petition class. NIOSH contends that it has complied with these 

standards of performance in determining the feasibility or infeasibility of reconstructing radiation dose 

for the class under evaluation.
SEC-00236 04-05-2017 Metals and Controls Corp.

35 of 47

10.0 References

42 C.F.R. pt. 81, Guidelines for Determining the Probability of Causation Under the Energy 

Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000; Final Rule, Federal 

Register/Vol. 67, No. 85/Thursday, p. 22,296; May 2, 2002; SRDB Ref ID: 19391

42 C.F.R. pt. 82, Methods for Radiation Dose Reconstruction Under the Energy Employees 

Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000; Final Rule; May 2, 2002; SRDB Ref ID: 

19392

42 C.F.R. pt. 83, Procedures for Designating Classes of Employees as Members of the Special 

Exposure Cohort Under the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 

2000; Final Rule; May 28, 2004; SRDB Ref ID: 22001

Adams, 2016, Ex-workers Cite Attleboro Uranium Plant Radiation for Illness, Death; Dan Adams, 

Globe Staff; November 30, 2016; SRDB Ref ID: 165208

Ansari, 1994, Confirmatory Survey of the Texas Instruments, Inc. Former Burial Site Attleboro, 

Massachusetts; A. J. Ansari, Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education; February 1994; SRDB 

Ref ID: 68490

ASTRA, 1962, Analysis of Possible Nuclear Material Losses and Possible Liabilities Associated with 

Present Fuel Manufacturing at Metals and Controls, Inc. Attleboro, Massachusetts; ASTRA, Inc.; 

March 12, 1962; SRDB Ref ID: 13612

Barletta, 1973, Texas Instruments Incorporated, HFIR Project, Health and Safety Manual; prepared 

by R. E. Barletta and approved by F. L. Sherman; revised March 1973; SRDB Ref ID: 24656

Battelle-TBD-6000, Site Profiles for Atomic Weapons Employers that Worked Uranium Metals, Rev. 

01; Division of Compensation Analysis and Support; effective June 17, 2011; SRDB Ref ID: 101251

Callan, 1997, Removal of Texas Instruments, Inc. from Site Decommissioning Management Plan; L. 

Joseph Callan; March 13, 1997; SRDB Ref ID: 21197

CPS, no date, Radiological Characterization of Texas Instruments, Incorporated; Creative Pollution 

Solutions, Inc. (CPS); document date not specified; SRDB Ref ID: 164755

CPS, 1992, Radiological Health and Safety Plan, Version 2.0; Creative Pollution Solutions, Inc. 

(CPS); July 20, 1992; SRDB Ref ID: 114178

CPS, 1993, Remediation of the Former Radioactive Waste Burial Site (NRC License SNM-23), Final 

Report; Creative Pollution Solutions, Inc. (CPS); September 1993; SRDB Ref ID: 24626

CPS, 1997, Supplemental Surveys of Building Interiors Overhead Structures and Upper Walls, 

Version 1.0; CPS Environmental, Inc.; February 1997; SRDB Ref ID: 24624

DCAS-PR-004, Internal Procedures for the Evaluation of Special Exposure Cohort Petitions, Rev. 1;

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH); Cincinnati, Ohio; April 15, 2011; 

SRDB Ref ID: 94768
SEC-00236 04-05-2017 Metals and Controls Corp.

36 of 47

DOE, 2001, Time Period for the Metals and Controls Corporation, memorandum to files; Department 

of Energy (DOE); September 12, 2001; SRDB Ref ID: 7092, PDF p. 20

Email, 2006, Metals and Controls Site Information, email correspondence between multiple people 

[Names Redacted]; various dates ranging from July 12 through August 16, 2006; SRDB Ref ID: 

26702, PDF p. 4

Hopper, 1979, Texas Instruments Incorporated HFIR Project Health Physics Program, Rev.0; 

prepared by C. M. Hopper and approved by F. L. Sherman; February 15, 1979; SRDB Ref ID: 114235

Huke, 1954, Thorium Foil Fabrication, correspondence and attachments to R. G. Delagi; F. B. Huke; 

June 21, 1954; SRDB Ref ID: 62489

Ketzlach, 1978, Review of Future Decommissioning Plan Dated July 20, 1978, correspondence; 

Norman Ketzlach; October 9, 1978; SRDB Ref ID: 24658, PDF pp. 3–4

M&C, no date, Fuel Element Fabrication and Cermet Fuel, promotional materials; Metals and 

Controls Corporation (M&C); document date not specified; SRDB Ref ID: 13634, PDF pp. 42–53

M&C, 1956, The Inside Story of Fuel Element Quality Control; Metals and Controls Corporation 

(M&C); April 1956; SRDB Ref ID: 13634, PDF pp. 59–60

M&C, 1957, The Aims that Guide Us; Metals and Controls Corporation (M&C); date not specified but 

document context indicates 1957; SRDB Ref ID: 13634, PDF pp. 2–20

M&C, Apr1957, Occupational Exposure to Airborne Contaminants; Metals and Controls, Inc. 

(M&C); issued April 26, 1957; SRDB Ref ID: 7060

M&C, 1962, Fuel Strips for Critical Assemblies; Metals and Controls Corporation (M&C); Copyright 

1962; SRDB Ref ID: 13634, PDF pp. 62–65

M&C, Jan1964a, M&C Standard Procedures Manual for Definition of Terms; Metals and Controls 

Inc. (M&C); effective January 1964; SRDB Ref ID: 13642, PDF p. 44

M&C, Jan1964b, M&C Standard Procedures Manual for Summary of Health and Safety 

Responsibility; Metals and Controls Inc. (M&C); effective January 1964; SRDB Ref ID: 13642, PDF 

pp. 45–46

M&C, Oct1964a, M&C Standard Procedures Manual for Introduction to Health and Safety 

Procedures; Metals and Controls Inc. (M&C); effective October 5, 1964; SRDB Ref ID: 13642, PDF 

p. 43

M&C, Oct1964b, M&C Standard Procedures Manual for External Radiation Protection; Metals and 

Controls Inc. (M&C); effective October 5, 1964; SRDB Ref ID: 13642, PDF pp. 47–52

M&C, Oct1964c, M&C Standard Procedures Manual for Internal Radiation Protection; Metals and 

Controls Inc. (M&C); effective October 5, 1964; SRDB Ref ID: 13642, PDF pp. 53–59

M&C, Oct1964d, M&C Standard Procedures Manual for Radioactive Waste Management; Metals 

and Controls Inc. (M&C); effective October 5, 1964; SRDB Ref ID: 13642, PDF pp. 72–79
SEC-00236 04-05-2017 Metals and Controls Corp.

37 of 47

McKinley, 1960, Copies of Proposed Subcontract, correspondence to G. L Williams; J. H. McKinley; 

January 15, 1960; SRDB Ref ID: 7063, PDF pp. 74–78

Monitoring, Oct1965–Sep1974, Film Badge Dosimetry Reports; R.S. Landauer Jr. & Co. as vendor; 

various dates ranging from October 1965 through September 1974; SRDB 13654

NIOSH, 2009, SEC Petition Evaluation Report for Petition SEC-00149, Metals and Controls Corp., 

Rev. 0; National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH); August 17, 2009; SRDB Ref 

ID: 93671

NRC, 1976, Guidelines for Decontamination of Facilities and Equipment Prior to Release for 

Unrestricted Use or Termination of Licenses for Byproduct, Source, or Special Nuclear Material; 

United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC); November 1976; SRDB Ref ID: 16425

NRC, 1981, Disposal or Onsite Storage of Residual Thorium and Uranium (Either as Natural Ores or 

Without Daughters Present) from Past Operations; United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission 

(NRC); effective January 28, 1981; SRDB Ref ID: 166019

NRC, 1982, Texas Instruments Incorporated, HFIR Project Areas Inspection Conducted August 31 

through September 2, 1982; United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC); approval 

signature October 12, 1982; SRDB Ref ID: 24651, PDF pp. 14–24

NRC, 1983, Texas Instruments Incorporated, HFIR Project Inspection Conducted January 31 through 

February 2, 1983; United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC); approved signature March 

2, 1983; SRDB Ref ID: 24651, PDF pp. 6–12

NRC, 1993, Guidelines for Decontamination of Facilities and Equipment Prior to Release for 

Unrestricted Use or Termination of Licenses for Byproduct, Source, or Special Nuclear Material; 

United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC); April 1993; SRDB Ref ID: 134744, PDF pp. 

7-10

NRC, 1997, NRC Releases Massachusetts Site for Unrestricted Use Following Cleanup of 

Radioactive Contamination; United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC); March 24, 1997; 

SRDB Ref ID: 133133

NUREG/CR-5512, Residual Radioactive Contamination from Decommissioning, draft report for 

comment, Vol. 3; W. E. Beyeler, W. A. Hareland, F. A. Duran, T. J. Brown, E. Kalinina, D. P. 

Gallegos, and P. A. Davis; published October 1999; SRDB Ref ID: 77730

ORAU, 2008, Analytical Evaluation of the Amount of Radioactivity in a Radium Toggle Switch; Oak 

Ridge Associated Universities (ORAU); May 6, 2008; SRDB Ref ID: 43010

ORAUT, 2007, Data Capture Completeness Verification for AWE Sites; ORAU Team Dose 

Reconstruction Project for NIOSH (ORAUT); May 25, 2007; SRDB 32741

ORAUT, 2008, Documented Communication with [Name Redacted]; ORAU Team Dose 

Reconstruction Project for NIOSH (ORAUT); telephone interview conducted January 28, 2008; 

SRDB Ref ID: 42115
SEC-00236 04-05-2017 Metals and Controls Corp.

38 of 47

ORAUT-OTIB-0006, Dose Reconstruction from Occupationally Related Diagnostic X-Ray 

Procedures, Rev. 04; ORAU Team Dose Reconstruction Project for NIOSH (ORAUT); effective June 

20, 2011; SRDB Ref ID: 98147

ORAUT-OTIB-0020, Use of Coworker Dosimetry Data for External Dose Assignment, Rev. 03; 

ORAU Team Dose Reconstruction Project for NIOSH (ORAUT); effective November 14, 2011; 

SRDB Ref ID: 104029

ORAUT-OTIB-0024, Estimation of Neutron Dose Rates from Alpha-Neutron Reactions in Uranium 

and Thorium Compounds, Rev. 00; ORAU Team Dose Reconstruction Project for NIOSH (ORAUT); 

effective April 7, 2005; SRDB Ref ID: 19445

ORAUT-OTIB-0070, Dose Reconstruction During Residual Radioactivity Periods at Atomic 

Weapons Employer Facilities, Rev. 01; ORAU Team Dose Reconstruction Project for NIOSH

(ORAUT); effective March 5, 2012; SRDB Ref ID: 108851

ORAUT-OTIB-0079, Guidance on Assigning Occupational X-Ray Dose Under EEOICPA for X-Rays 

Administered Off Site, Rev. 01; ORAU Team Dose Reconstruction Project for NIOSH (ORAUT); 

effective March 18, 2016; SRDB Ref ID: 152173

Price, no date, Decommissioning of the Former Naval Fuel Fabrication Plant, Attleboro, 

Massachusetts; John B. Price, Michael Madonia, Michael J. Elliott, and Francis J. Veale, Jr.; date is 

not specified; SRDB Ref ID: 163074

Rad Handbook, 1998, Handbook of Health Physics and Radiological Health, 3rd Edition; editors 

include Bernard Schleien, Lester Slaback, and Brian Kent; 1998; SRDB Ref ID: 22737

Read, 1978, Verbal Agreements regarding Closing or Decommissioning of the Fuel Fabricating 

Facility, correspondence to R. L. Churchill; June 22, 1978; SRDB Ref ID: 24658, PDF p. 13

Sensata, 2016, History of our Company, web page; Sensata Technologies; date not specified, but 

collection date was December 5, 016; SRDB Ref ID: 165203

Sherman, 1981, Technical Proposal for Decontamination and Reconstruction of HFIR Project Area 

and Termination of USNRC License SNM-23; F. L. Sherman and R. Churchill; August 17, 1981; 

SRDB Ref ID: 74071

Thorium Shipments, 1952–85, FMPC Thorium Shipments to Customers 1952–1985 (Kilograms 

Thorium); multiple dates from 1952–1985; SRDB Ref ID: 41375, PDF pp. 100–113

TI, no date-a, Texas Instruments Health and Safety Policies and Practices; Texas Instruments (TI); 

date is not specified; SRDB Ref ID: 13642, PDF pp. 16–42

TI, no date-b, Report on Texas Instruments, Inc. (Metals and Controls Corporation), draft; Texas 

Instruments, Inc. (TI); date is not specified; SRDB Ref ID: 7092, PDF pp. 9–14

TI, 1960, Fuels of the Future; Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI); March 1960; SRDB 13634, PDF 

pp. 21–37
SEC-00236 04-05-2017 Metals and Controls Corp.

39 of 47

TI, 1973–82, Correspondence and Amendments Related to SNM-23 License; Texas Instruments (TI)

and limited Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) correspondence; various dates ranging from 

August 1973 through May 1982; SRDB Ref ID: 24654

TI, May1978, Renewal Application for SNM-23; Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI); May 5, 1978; 

SRDB Ref ID: 24653, PDF pp. 3–5

TI, Jul1978, Decommissioning Plan for Inclusion in License SNM-23; Texas Instruments Incorporated 

(TI); July 20, 1978; SRDB Ref ID: 24658, PDF pp. 5-12

TI, 1979, Environmental Information Report for 1979 HFIR Facility License Renewal by NRC, Rev. 

0; Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI); February 15, 1979; SRDB Ref ID: 13633

TI, May1982, Request for Termination of Nuclear Regulatory Commission License SNM-23; Texas 

Instruments Incorporated (TI); May 17, 1982; SRDB Ref ID: 24651, PDF pp. 52–166

TI, Nov1982, Request for Termination of Nuclear Regulatory Commission License SNM-23, 

Ammendment [sic] 1; W. Goetz, R. Churchill, F. L. Sherman, and R. J. Schwensfeir of Texas 

Instruments (TI); November 1, 1982; SRDB Ref ID: 24623

TI, 1994, Supplement to the 1992 Remediation Plan, Special Nuclear Material License No. 23, Docket 

No. 70-33, Rev. 0.0, includes previously dated documents as attachments; Texas Instruments 

Incorporated (TI); December 1994; SRDB Ref ID: 114177

TI, 1995, Response to NRC Letter Dated April 13, 1995 Requesting Additional Information Regarding 

the December 1994 Supplement to the 1992 Remediation Plan for the Attleboro Site, correspondence 

to the NRC; Texas Instruments (TI); June 6, 1995; SRDB Ref ID: 114176

TI, 1997, Risk-Based Criteria for Addressing Radium within Flooring in Building 1; Texas 

Instruments, Inc. (TI); April 21, 1997; SRDB Ref ID: 26726

Weiss, 1968; Metals and Controls Inc., Nuclear Products Department Health and Safety Manual; N. 

M. Weiss; August 15, 1968; SRDB Ref ID: 16985

Weston, May1996, Remediation of Exterior Areas Adjacent to Buildings 11 and 12, SNM-23/70-33; 

Weston; May 1996; SRDB Ref ID: 24625

Weston, Oct1996, Texas Instruments Incorporated, Remediation of Building Interiors Buildings 4, 5, 

and 10, Report Version 1.0; Weston; October 1996; SRDB Ref ID: 114246

Williams, 1959, October 1959 Inquiry, official government-work correspondence to J. H. McKinley;

G. L. Williams; November 30, 1959; SRDB Ref ID: 7063, PDF pp. 71–73
SEC-00236 04-05-2017 Metals and Controls Corp.

40 of 47

This page intentionally left blank
SEC-00236 04-05-2017 Metals and Controls Corp.

41 of 47

Attachment One: Data Capture Synopsis

Table A1-1: Summary of Holdings in the SRDB for Metals and Controls Corp.

Data Capture Information Data Capture Description Date 

Completed

No. 

Uploaded 

into SRDB

Primary Site / Company Name: Metals and Controls Corp. 

AWE 1952–1967; Residual Radiation 1968–July 2006

Alternate Site Names:

M & C

M & C Nuclear

Metals and Controls Nuclear Corp. Texas 

Instruments (Successor Company): [Name Redacted], 

Attorney, 03/04/2009 

Sensata Technologies (Successor Company): [Name 

Redacted], General Counsel, 04/02/2007

Physical Size of the Site:

The site comprises 18 buildings on 100 acres. Radioactive 

materials operations were conducted initially in Buildings 3 

and 4, until Building 10 was constructed and radioactive 

material operations were consolidated there. Waste 

handling was conducted in and adjacent to Building 5. 

Radium work was conducted in Building 1.

Site Population:

In 1964, 650 employees were monitored for radiation 

exposure and 97 employees were not monitored.

Report of urinalysis, personnel monitoring surveys, contamination/radiation survey 

records of acid room #1, personnel external exposure report, personnel monitoring 

roster, film badge procedures, reactor fuel information, Atomic Energy Commission 

(AEC) and Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) licenses, applications, and 

amendments, health and safety manual for the High Flux Isotope Reactor (HFIR) 

Project, environmental surveys, and reports.

09/18/2006 47

State Contacted: [Name Redacted], [Title Redacted], 

Massachusetts Radiation Control Program

No relevant documents identified. 01/23/2007 0

State Contacted: Massachusetts Department of Public 

Health

Licensing documents, site health and safety plan, site health physics plan, High Flux 

Isotope Reactor emergency plan, site safeguards plan, site inspections, and remediation 

reports.

04/23/2012 18

Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL) BNL reports which mention fuel orders placed with Metals and Controls. 02/18/2009 2

Dade Moeller & Associates A film badge summary for 1956. 02/08/2006 1
SEC-00236 04-05-2017 Metals and Controls Corp.

42 of 47

Data Capture Information Data Capture Description Date 

Completed

No. 

Uploaded 

into SRDB

Department of Labor/Paragon Request for thorium foil. 12/29/2008 1

DOE Germantown AEC reports mentioning Metals and Controls, the hazards of the Shpack Landfill, and 

confirmation that DOE Oak Ridge Operations Records Holding Area has Metals and 

Controls records.

03/07/2011 3

DOE Legacy Management - Grand Junction Office Clean-up of residual radioactive contamination information, survey of the Texas 

Instruments Inc. former burial site, contracts between AEC and Metals and Controls, 

early history information, license SNM-23 documents and inspection reports, requests 

for AEC to allocate U-235, uranium production figures for Texas Instruments, 

inspection reports, production figures, Shpack Landfill documents, material transfers, 

procedures, timeline of activities, Formerly Utilized Sites Remedial Action Program 

(FUSRAP) documents and surveys, and fuel development.

08/23/2011 204

DOE Legacy Management - Grand Junction Office/ 

Massachusetts Department of Public Health

Nuclear Regulatory Commission investigation of the Shpack Landfill. 10/04/2009 2

DOE Legacy Management - Grand Junction Office/NRC 

Public Document Room

Surveys and an environmental report. 10/01/2009 2

DOE Legacy Management - Morgantown A 1954 notice of changes to accountability stations, an accountability statement, 

documentation of a Metals and Controls shipment of recycled uranium to Portsmouth, 

and the Shpack Landfill remedial action plan.

01/12/2016 4

DOE Legacy Management - MoundView (Fernald 

Holdings, includes Fernald Legal Database)

Fernald thorium metal production orders for Metals and Controls, thorium campaign 

data, and a spill at a truck terminal.

01/17/2008 11

DOE Legacy Management - MoundView/Albany Research 

Center

The 1958 symposium on occupational health experiences and practices in the uranium 

industry.

09/30/2003 1

DOE Oak Ridge Operations Records Holding Task Group 

(RHTG)

A supplement to an AEC 1952 Production Division monthly activity report. 04/05/2011 1

DOE Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI) A report including Metals and Controls fuel elements used in the ORNL High Flux 

Isotope Reactor and a report on electro deposited nickel coatings on thorium and 

uranium.

02/22/2013 2

Federal Records Center - Kansas City (Lenexa) Exposure records and bioassay sample results. 03/06/2009 2

Federal Records Center - San Bruno Sample Nuclear Materials Management and Safeguards System notes. 08/01/2012 1

Hagley Museum & Library Mention of rolling at Metals and Controls, DuPont relations with laboratories, and 

uranium slug production.

09/29/2010 3
SEC-00236 04-05-2017 Metals and Controls Corp.

43 of 47

Data Capture Information Data Capture Description Date 

Completed

No. 

Uploaded 

into SRDB

Idaho National Laboratory Record of a shipment to the Materials Test Reactor. 12/10/2014 1

Interlibrary Loan Proceedings of a 1973 nuclear criticality safety short course. 11/30/2006 1

Internet - Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC) A listing of metallurgical articles. 12/04/2011 1

Internet - DOE Comprehensive Epidemiologic Data 

Resource (CEDR)

No relevant documents identified. 03/26/2008 0

Internet - DOE Legacy Management Considered Sites A FUSRAP stakeholder report and a FUSRAP site elimination report. 05/13/2014 2

Internet - DOE OpenNet Hanford reports with references to Metals and Controls fuel work, reports to Congress, 

material balance reports, and a trip report.

09/19/2016 16

Internet - DOE OSTI Energy Citations A fuel report and a 1980 nuclear accident dosimetry study. 05/07/2013 2

Internet - DOE OSTI Information Bridge Site decommissioning management plan, fuels and materials reports, reactor project 

reports, and a nuclear waste incineration report.

03/29/2013 11

Internet - DOE OSTI SciTech Connect A trip report, fuels and materials development reports, High Flux Isotope Reactor fuel 

reports, Pathfinder Atomic Power Plant reports, criticality safety, and a Massachusetts 

state low-level waste briefing book.

09/22/2014 22

Internet - Energy Employees Claimant Assistance Project 

(EECAP)

No relevant documents identified. 10/18/2016 0

Internet - Google Removal of Metals and Controls from site decontamination management plan, radium 

buttons on toggle switches, Bureau of Mines metals yearbook, an NRC list of 

contaminated sites, effluents from fuel processing facilities, Advisory Board on 

Radiation and Worker Health (ABRWH) meeting minutes, High Flux Isotope Reactor 

fuel fabrication, decommissioning reports, and a brief company history.

12/05/2016 45

Internet - Hanford Declassified Document Retrieval System 

(DDRS)

Hanford monthly reports with references to Metals and Controls fuel work. 08/04/2015 13

Internet - Health Physics Journal No relevant documents identified. 10/18/2016 0

Internet - Journal of Occupational and Environmental 

Hygiene

No relevant documents identified. 10/18/2016 0

Internet - National Academies Press (NAP) No relevant documents identified. 09/21/2016 0

Internet - National Nuclear Security Administration 

(NNSA) - Nevada Site Office

No relevant documents identified. 10/18/2016 0
SEC-00236 04-05-2017 Metals and Controls Corp.

44 of 47

Data Capture Information Data Capture Description Date 

Completed

No. 

Uploaded 

into SRDB

Internet - National Service Center for Environmental 

Publications (NEPIS), US EPA

No relevant documents identified. 09/21/2016 0

Internet - NIOSH Reports on residual contamination at atomic weapons employer sites and the petition 

evaluation report for SEC-00149 Metals and Controls Corp.

08/31/2011 4

Internet - Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) ADAMS Flat fuel element documentation, site decontamination management requirements, 

inspection reports, NRC responses to FOIAs, weekly information reports, 

decommissioning program status reports, license transfers to agreement states, fuel 

requirements, and the 1952 justification for entering a contract with Metals and 

Controls.

09/21/2016 48

Internet - Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) ORNL reports mentioning Metals and Controls fuel development and isotope 

distribution.

02/21/2014 6

Internet - US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) No relevant documents identified. 09/21/2016 0

Internet - US Transuranium and Uranium Registries No relevant documents identified. 09/21/2016 0

MJW Corporation Proceedings of a short criticality safety course. 10/16/2003 1

National Archives and Records Administration - Atlanta Excess uranium inventory at Metals and Controls. 03/20/2007 1

National Archives and Records Administration -

Atlanta/SC&A

A mention of Metals and Controls doing research on SL-1 core fuel elements. 09/26/2003 1

National Archives and Records Administration - Chicago Metals and Controls quotations for Argonne National Laboratory-West's ZPR-III 

reactor fuel.

06/12/2015 1

National Archives and Records Administration - College 

Park

A recommendation for Metals and Controls to roll thorium sheets. 03/13/2014 1

National Archives and Records Administration - Kansas 

City

A material transfer from Bridgeport Brass to Metals and Controls. 11/16/2004 1

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health 

(NIOSH)

Reports of the Atomic Energy Commission, the 1956 report on radiation safety in 

atomic energy programs, a 1958 report on research in atomic energy programs, a site 

radiological survey, and the NIOSH review of Special Exposure Cohort class 

definitions.

08/27/2014 10

National Technical Information Service (NTIS) Documentation that Metals and Controls fabricated uranium plate for Battelle. 07/11/2006 1
SEC-00236 04-05-2017 Metals and Controls Corp.

45 of 47

Data Capture Information Data Capture Description Date 

Completed

No. 

Uploaded 

into SRDB

Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) - Public Document 

Room

The investigation of the Shpack Landfill, an NRC request for decommissioning and 

emergency plans, a chronology of timely license renewal actions, a trip report, license 

inspections, requests for uranium, environmental sample analyses, and a site 

radiological characterization.

11/03/2016 14

Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) Fuels supplied by Metals and Controls and material accountability and transfer reports. 03/20/2014 26

ORAU Team Project spreadsheet, data completion verification, documented communications, a data 

capture trip report, and several revisions of ORAUT-OTIB-0004 "Estimating the 

Maximum Plausible Dose to Workers at Atomic Weapons Employer Facilities". 

10/08/2008 9

S. Cohen & Associates (SC&A) Hematite licensing documents mentioning Metals and Controls fuel fabrication. 04/07/2011 3

SC&A / INL Mention of Metals and Controls as a potential source for Materials Test Reactor fuel. 06/24/2010 1

Savannah River Site (SRS) A Hagley Museum finding aid, an SRS keyword search, and 300 Area radiation survey 

sheets.

07/31/2009 4

Science Applications International Corp (SAIC) The 1964 external exposure summary. 09/02/2004 1

Southern Illinois University An excerpt from the 1964 Minerals Yearbook identifying Metals and Controls as a 

thorium processor.

10/29/2008 1

Texas Instruments Exposure reports, urinalysis reports, contamination/radiation surveys, and Texas 

Instruments response to a claimant specific dosimetry request.

07/14/2009 44

University of Rochester Radiation Safety Office Material accountability reports 08/20/2008 2

Unknown Airborne radioactivity survey, site history, surveys, material transfers with Fernald, 

thorium reports, AEC reports to Congress, FUSRAP documents, and Shpack Landfill 

investigations.

02/24/2005 17

US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Buffalo District 

Office

USA Today listing of Metals and Controls as a uranium processing facility. 06/24/2010 1

Westinghouse (Hematite, Missouri) The shipping route from Hematite to Metals and Controls. 03/13/2009 1

TOTAL Not Applicable Not Applicable 618
SEC-00236 04-05-2017 Metals and Controls Corp.

46 of 47

Table A1-2: Database Searches for Metals and Controls Corp.

Database/Source Keywords No. of Hits

No. 

Uploaded 

into SRDB

Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC)

COMPLETED 10/18/2016

Database search terms and Internet URL are available in the Excel file called Metals and 

Controls Rev 01, (83.13) 01-06-17.

8,639 0

DOE Comprehensive Epidemiologic Data Resource (CEDR)

COMPLETED 03/26/2008

Database search terms and Internet URL are available in the Excel file called Metals and 

Controls Rev 01, (83.13) 01-06-17.

0 0

DOE Hanford Declassified Document Retrieval System 

(DDRS)

COMPLETED 09/20/2016

Database search terms and Internet URL are available in the Excel file called Metals and 

Controls Rev 01, (83.13) 01-06-17.

0 0

DOE Legacy Management Considered Sites

COMPLETED 09/21/2016

Database search terms and Internet URL are available in the Excel file called Metals and 

Controls Rev 01, (83.13) 01-06-17.

1 0

DOE NNSA - Nevada Site Office

COMPLETED 10/18/2016

Database search terms and Internet URL are available in the Excel file called Metals and 

Controls Rev 01, (83.13) 01-06-17.

0 0

DOE OpenNet

COMPLETED 09/20/2016

Database search terms and Internet URL are available in the Excel file called Metals and 

Controls Rev 01, (83.13) 01-06-17.

270 12

DOE OSTI Energy Citations

COMPLETED 03/28/2008

Database search terms and Internet URL are available in the Excel file called Metals and 

Controls Rev 01, (83.13) 01-06-17.

97 0

DOE OSTI Information Bridge

COMPLETED 03/27/2008

Database search terms and Internet URL are available in the Excel file called Metals and 

Controls Rev 01, (83.13) 01-06-17.

640 1

DOE OSTI SciTech Connect

COMPLETED 09/19/2016

Database search terms and Internet URL are available in the Excel file called Metals and 

Controls Rev 01, (83.13) 01-06-17.

2,209 0

Energy Employees Claimant Assistance Project (EECAP)

COMPLETED 10/18/2016

Database search terms and Internet URL are available in the Excel file called Metals and 

Controls Rev 01, (83.13) 01-06-17.

8 0

Google

COMPLETED: 10/17/2016

Database search terms and Internet URL are available in the Excel file called Metals and 

Controls Rev 01, (83.13) 01-06-17.

9,632,586 8

Health Physics Journal

COMPLETED 10/18/2016

Database search terms and Internet URL are available in the Excel file called Metals and 

Controls Rev 01, (83.13) 01-06-17.

0 0
SEC-00236 04-05-2017 Metals and Controls Corp. 

47 of 47 

Database/Source Keywords No. of Hits

No. 

Uploaded 

into SRDB

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health 

COMPLETED 10/18/2016

Database search terms and Internet URL are available in the Excel file called Metals and 

Controls Rev 01, (83.13) 01-06-17.

0 0 

National Academies Press

COMPLETED 09/21/2016

Database search terms and Internet URL are available in the Excel file called Metals and 

Controls Rev 01, (83.13) 01-06-17.

7,276 0 

National Service Center for Environmental Publications 

(NEPIS)

COMPLETED 09/21/2016

Database search terms and Internet URL are available in the Excel file called Metals and 

Controls Rev 01, (83.13) 01-06-17.

326 0 

NRC ADAMS Reading Room

COMPLETED 09/21/2016

Database search terms and Internet URL are available in the Excel file called Metals and 

Controls Rev 01, (83.13) 01-06-17.

752 15

United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE)

COMPLETED 09/21/2016

Database search terms and Internet URL are available in the Excel file called Metals and 

Controls Rev 01, (83.13) 01-06-17.

0 0 

U.S. Transuranium & Uranium Registries 

COMPLETED 09/21/2016

Database search terms and Internet URL are available in the Excel file called Metals and 

Controls Rev 01, (83.13) 01-06-17.

0 0